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Untitled 18 Oct 2010 | 06:40 pm
Metta WHAT IT MEANS: Widely practiced in both Buddhist cultures and the western world, especially in America, this meditation technique of the Buddha is an incredible means of successfully dealing wit...
One black hair 18 May 2010 | 04:49 pm
I was a 16 year old novice monk then. I was shaving myself on the day before the full moon. I noticed one gray hair. I was worried, for I was too young to have hair turning gray. Caught by my revered ...
Real Guru 7 Aug 2009 | 12:43 pm
As one thinks one isn't above what one knows, one doesn't become a slave to what one knows. Asked who his guru was, Buddha just answered; "My guru is the Dhamma that I know." So, Buddha is a real...
What to share and what not to 6 Aug 2009 | 04:40 pm
When I was a child, My mother taught me this: "As others insult you, thankfully smile in response. As they yell at you, just smile thankfully. As they react, you respond calmly. Don't share wha...
Why Buddhas come to the world 6 Aug 2009 | 03:59 pm
Some Buddhist worry that , and some non-Buddhists question whether the Buddha has talked about cosmos, science, stars and planets, galaxies and universes. Yes, he has on occasion, in places where he p...
My Guru has Ego (=Mara) 9 Jun 2009 | 04:27 am
Lots of people from different religious backgrounds tell me that their spiritual gurus, teachers,pastors, ministers or monks have a big ego. The biggest detriment to the status of a spiritual guru is ...
I-am and no-I-am 9 Feb 2009 | 09:35 am
I'm not what I was, I won't be what I'm, As I've changed from What I was. As I'm in perpetual change, I'm somebody And nobody. Yet, I'm what I was, And I'll be what I'm, As I retain my I-am-ne...
Compassion vs. Karma 23 Jan 2009 | 04:27 am
Nowhere has the Buddha said that all happenings in life are owing to karma, as there are other conditions governing life. Anyway, looking down upon the poor as karmically unqualified is utter abuse of...
The grounds for the best start (some not-for-children insight) 23 Jan 2009 | 04:23 am
High school shootings, under-aged rapists, juvenile drug addicts, teenagers as convicted murders - and many more - are the saddest s tories of whom we hear everyday. Childhood is pure and is immune fr...
Dharma and Buddhism 23 Jan 2009 | 04:22 am
We use these terms interchangeably for the same thing, the teaching of Buddha. Yet, there’s a huge difference between the two, and the usage is quite ambiguous. Buddhism isn’t just the Buddha’s teachi...
