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The Eighty-Fourth Problem


Dear friends, I'm not sure if Buddha really did have this conversation with the farmer, but I felt this is a good meaningful story so let's learn from it with an open mind. With metta,Colin The Eighty-Fourth Problemby Yin Yao Shakya, OHY This essay is about problems - the kind we all share. Big o ...>

Verses on the Faith Mind by The 3rd Zen Patriarch, Sengstau


(Photo source: phototravels.net)HSIN HSIN MINGVerses on the Faith Mind by The 3rd Zen Patriarch, SengstauThe Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven a ...>

Farewell, Secret Santa..


Secret Santa who gave away $1.3M diesBy MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER, Associated Press WriterKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Larry Stewart, a millionaire who became known as Secret Santa for his habit of roaming the streets each December and anonymously handing money to people, died Friday. He was 58.Stewart died from c ...>

Walking Even Amidst the Uneven


(Photo source: flick.com) Walking Even Amidst the Unevenby Bhikkhu Bodhi The Buddha often speaks of life in the world as an uneven path that constantly challenges us to walk evenly. Each day countless obstacles threaten to obstruct us, to divert us, to knock us off balance, and steady mindfuln ...>

The Agendas of Mindfulness


(Photo source: flick.com) The Agendas of Mindfulnessby Thanissaro Bhikkhu The Pali term for meditation is bhavana: development. It's a shorthand word for the development of skillful qualities in the mind. Bhavana is a type of karma — the intentional activity ultimately leading to the end of k ...>

A Look at the Kalama Sutta


(Picture source: flick.com) A Look at the Kalama Sutta byBhikkhu Bodhi In this issue of the newsletter we have combined the feature essay with the "Sutta Study" column as we take a fresh look at an often quoted discourse of the Buddha, the Kalama Sutta. The discourse — found in translation ...>

Kalama Sutta To the Kalamas


(Photo source: flick.com)Kalama SuttaTo the KalamasTranslated from the Pali byThanissaro BhikkhuTranslator's note: Although this discourse is often cited as the Buddha's carte blanche for following one's own sense of right and wrong, it actually says something much more rigorous than that. Traditio ...>

How to Cultivate Emotional Balance in Our Life


(Picture source: flickr.com) How to Cultivate Emotional Balance in Our Lifeby Ven. Thubten Chodron© Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre, Delhi, India.27 Nov 2006 Part 1 of 3 [21 min] : Download mp3 file * Setting a positive motivation for listening to the teaching. * ‘Balance’ necess ...>

Basic Breath Meditation Instructions


(Picture source: flickr.com)Basic Breath Meditation Instructionsby Thanissaro BhikkhuThe technique I'll be teaching is breath meditation. It's a good topic no matter what your religious background. As my teacher once said, the breath doesn't belong to Buddhism or Christianity or anyone at all. It's ...>

Cherish Your Friends


(Picture source: flickr.com) Article extracted from book 'Meditations 3' Dhamma Talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Cherish Your Friends March 12, 2005 Try to make the mind quiet. Try to make the body quiet. There are lots of levels to that quietness. One means sitting quietly — but, of course, th ...>

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