Do not gulp the tea but sip it slowly allowing its fragrance to fill one’s mouth. There is no need to have any special attitude while drinking except one of thankfulness. The nature of the tea itself is that of no-mind…
Month: June 2010
Does War Lead to Peace? by Diana St Ruth
In many respects, practising Buddhism is the practice of reminding ourselves that to take refuge in impermanence is like building one’s house on shifting sands…
Tibetan Buddhist shrine room
This extraordinary Tibetan Buddhist shrine room is on public display for the first time. Plus the making of a Tibetan sand mandala…
Is there any possibility of developing more compassion? By the Dalai Lama
Suppose a person stays in an empty, remote place—just a person alone—very healthy, highly educated, very wise, and physically very strong. As that person lives alone, there’s no possibility of his becoming wealthy or famous; there’s no possibility of his producing good food or building good shelter; he cannot become a hero. All benefits of this worldly life are entirely dependent upon other factors, mainly on other human beings…
The Supreme Teaching is Free
Earnest Zen trainees: Exert yourself in the way that points directly to your original Buddha-nature…
Buddhism now 