Seeker: "Teach me the way to liberation." Zen master: "Who binds you?" Seeker: "No one binds me." Zen master: "Then why seek liberation?" Our prison, our...
The essence of dharma practice is to bring about a discipline within the mind, a state of mind free of hatred, lust and harmful intentions. Hence the entire...
It is with great pleasure and honour that the Venerable Henepola Gunaratana Nayaka Thera, Abbot of Bhavana Society, West Virginia, U.S.A. shall be giving a...
Bangkok, Thailand -- Some friends teased me when I told them I was going to a workshop on peaceful dying, for the third time. Morbid obsession, they said. Has...
So many young people have died, so many people of my own age have died, so many old people have died. So many people that were high up have become low. So many...
While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (348) of this book, with reference to Uggasena, a rich man's son who fell in love with a...
While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (397) of this book, with reference to Uggasena, son of a rich man. After marrying a dancer...
While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verses (54) and (55) of this book, with reference to a question raised by the Venerable Ananda. ...
In his very first teaching, Buddha explained that the root cause of suffering is ignorance. But where exactly is this ignorance? And how does it display...
Loving service is about living and expressing our true selves through serving others. This is the wonderful paradox: We get what we want by helping others get...
Of all the practices I know, the practice of Tonglen, Tibetan for "giving and receiving," is one of the most useful and powerful. When you feel yourself locked...
Although the results of our actions may not have matured yet, they will inevitably ripen, given the right conditions. Usually we forget what we do, and it is...
The teaching expounded by the Buddha is very profound and board. It is so broad and profound that sometimes ordinary people have difficulties in finding a...
The most common methods of practice amongst Chinese Buddhist are the recitation of the name of the Buddha, vegetarianism (releasing lives) and chanting the...
I find that Buddhism is a religion that does not rely solely on faith. It takes good or evil behavior as measure in justifying an ordinary person and a saint....
STAFF WRITER Sunday, Jun 05, 2005 Dharma Master Yin Shun who died on Friday at age 100. PHOTO: TSAI CHANG-SHENG, TAIPEI TIMES Dharma Master Yin Shun...
Master Yin-Shun has spent a lifetime working and writing in an effort to spread true Buddhism. He doesn't identify with any particular sect, and doesn't head...
The most outstanding characteristic of wisdom is free thought and its operative functions include understanding and cognition. The wisdom of humanity extends...
One should not think that lay people are tied down and hence cannot practise and propagate the Dharma. It is actually to the advantage of lay people. Buddhism...
Some people think that Truth lies outside the mind, and they therefore seek it in the external world. Others consider that there is an external metaphysical...
Provided he makes and wins an argument about Buddhism with those who live there, any wandering monk can remain in a Zen temple. If he is defeated, he has to...
To contemplate impermanence on its own is not enough: You have to work with it in your life. Let's try an experiment. Pick up a coin. Imagine that it...
The "emptiness" that ... all Buddhist texts speak of does not mean "nothingness." Buddhism is often considered to be nihilistic and pessimistic because of this...
DHARMA THE CAT'S: Words are one kind of bridge to one level of understanding. On the Path, when you reach each such level, you leave each bridge behind. But...
Many colleges and universities have added Buddhist monks to their roster of chaplains as the religion has grown in the United States. MIT didn't have one until...
The technique of Vipassana is a path leading to freedom from all suffering; it eradicates the craving, aversion and ignorance which are responsible for all our...
This mental-physical phenomenon is like a coin with two sides. On the one side are whatever thoughts or emotions are arising in the mind. One the other side...
In his very first teaching, Buddha explained that the root cause of suffering is ignorance. But where exactly is this ignorance? And how does it display...
Gil Kopatch and Rabbi Mordechai Marc Gafni of Israel met the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. Below are excerpts from a report by Gil Kopatch of the meeting. On Idol...
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