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We need to nourish our true self


Above all else, we need to nourish our true self - what we can call our Buddha nature - for so often we make the fatal mistake of identifying with our confusion, and then using it to judge and condemn... ...>

Enlightening gestures


Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Statues of Buddha, big or small, are always objects of admiration. The Buddhists revere these images, which symbolise peace and compassion. Not many people, however, know how to distinguish the mudras (hand gestures) of Buddha images.... ...>

The Compassionate Heart of the Enlightened Mind


The Compassionate Heart of the Enlightened Mind It is the supreme elixir That overcomes the sovereignty of death. It is the inexhaustible treasure That eliminates poverty in the world. It is the supreme medicine That quells the world's disease. It... ...>

Dalai Lama offers up teachings


San Francisco, USA -- By the thousands they came to sit at the feet of and learn from the Dalai Lama, Nobel laureate and world's most famous Buddhist. Now, if they could only understand what he was talking about. "It's... ...>

How mindfulness changes karma


Karma is often wrongly confused with the notion of a fixed destiny. It is more like an accumulation of tendencies that can lock us into particular behavior patterns, which themselves result in further accumulations of tendencies of a similar nature...... ...>

The 16 Guidelines for a Happy Life


Universal Compassion and Wisdom for Peace came out with The 16 Guidelines for a Happy Life which is available on their web site if you would like to print yourself a copy. It is 63 pages long commentary of each... ...>

Spotlight is now turned on Buddhism


The year 2007 is being celebrated as the 2,550th year of Buddha’s ‘Mahaparinirvana’. On the eve of Buddh Purnima, Vinaya Kumar reports on how Buddhism can draw foreign tourists to India in droves. New Delhi, India -- It is estimated... ...>

Inherent existence


Inherent existence has never been validly known to exist; therefore, it is impossible for there to be any phenomenon that exists through its own power. Since it is experienced that mere dependent-arisings, which are in fact empty of inherent existence,... ...>

What is Vesak?


Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Vesak (Sinhalese) is the most holy time in the Buddhist calendar. In Indian Mahayana Buddhist traditions, the holiday is known by its Sanskrit equivalent, Vaisakha. Due to the leap year in the lunar calendar, Vesak is... ...>

When the thought of the internal


"When the thought of the internal And the external as 'I' and 'mine' Has perished, grasping ceases And through that cessation birth ceases. When actions and afflictions cease, there is liberation; They arise from false conceptions, these arise From the... ...>

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