Author Archives for Colin

The Discourse on Right View

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

The Sammaditthi Sutta and its CommentaryTranslated from the Pali by Bhikkhu ÑanamoliEdited and Revised by Bhikkhu Bodhi(text source: www.accesstoinsight.org)The TranslatorBhikkhu Ñanamoli was born in England in 1905 and graduated from Exeter College, Oxford. In 1948 he came to Sri Lanka, where he ...>

Shurangama Sutra With Commentaries

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

(Picture source: flickr.com)Eight volumes of Shurangama Sutra, with commentaries from venerable Master Hsuan Hua.The Shurangama Sutra Part 1The Shurangama Sutra Part 2The Shurangama Sutra Part 3The Shurangama Sutra Part 4The Shurangama Sutra Part 5The Shurangama Sutra Part 6The Shurangama Sutra Par ...>

Is the Shurangama Sutra an Inauthentic Sutra?

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

A talk by the Venerable Master HuaEvery dharma is found within the Shurangama Sutra, so there are no potentials it fails to attract.It is the essential Dharma for all generations: It is the right seal for becoming a Buddha or a Patriarch.The Great Master Han Shan (Silly Mountain) once said: "Unless ...>

A Sure Sign Of The Proper Dharma: The Shurangama Sutra

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

A lecture by the Venerable Master Hua in January, 1983The Shurangama Sutra is a Sutra that acts like a demon-spotting mirror in Buddhism. All the celestial demons, externalists, and the li, mei, and wang liang ghosts reveal their true appearance when they see the Shurangama Sutra. They have no way t ...>

Zeitgeist The Movie

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

~End of Post~--------------------------------------Technorati: Buddhism Buddha Buddhist Dharma Compassion Wisdom Religion Meditation Zen Philosophy Spirituality Inspiration Peace Insight ...>

Living With the Cobra

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

A Dhammatalk by Ajahn ChahThis short talk is for the benefit of a new disciple who will soon be returning to London. May it serve to help you understand the teaching that you have studied here at Wat Pah Pong. Most simply, this is the practice to be free of suffering in the cycle of birth and death. ...>

Preparing The Mind For Anapanasati By Raising Joy

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

By Ven Ajahn Brahmavamso10.12.959 Day Retreat WA Buddhist SocietyThis morning I want to talk some more about skilful means to assist the practice of meditation, in particular, that which one reads in the Buddha’s teachings, again and again, that the proximate cause of gaining SAMADHI, for gaining ...>

Joy in Spiritual Practice

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

by Venerable Ajahn TiradhammoSource: www.forestsangha.orgThe following teaching has been adapted from a talk given by Venerable Tiradhammo on the seventh day of a ten day retreat in Switzerland, in May 1988. The 'Seven Factors of Enlightenment' referred to in the talk are mindfulness, investigation, ...>

The Meditative Development of Unselfish Joy

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

by Ven. Buddhaghosa (fifth-century)Excerpted from The Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga)One who begins the development of unselfish joy should not start with dearly beloved person, a neutral person or hostile person. For it is not the mere fact that a person is dearly beloved, which makes him an i ...>

The Nature and Implications of Mudita

  • Posted by Colin
  • December 31, 1969

by L.R. OatesFrom Metta, Vol. 12, No. 2Altruistic joy is one of the four "sublime states" of mind — friendliness, compassion, altruistic joy, and equanimity — which together form one related group among the various spiritual or physical exercises generally described as meditation or contemplatio ...>

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