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• Do you know what this mind is? by Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 11 May 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  In our practice it isn’t necessary to talk of samatha or vipassanā; just call it the practice of Dhamma, that’s enough.

• For the Complete Ending of All Ill, by Phiroz Mehta

  By Buddhism Now on 4 May 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  This is called dukkha (suffering). But there is a profounder meaning to it.

• A Broken Broom, a Tattered Scripture

  By Buddhism Now on 27 April 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  One is the Bodhisattva of the Great Path, The other the Patriarch of the Great Buddha. What evidence is there?

• From Academy to Chan: Liang Kai

  By Buddhism Now on 20 April 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This last of the four Southern Song Academy masters is shown as providing a bridge between that tradition and the new kind of painting associated with Chan (Zen) Buddhism: why it was preserved almost entirely in Japan and scarcely at all in China. Film 72 minutes

• Switching on the Light of Awareness, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 13 April 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Question: Would you call awareness ‘enlightenment’?

• Vajrasattva

  By Buddhism Now on 6 April 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  At first glance this sculpture appears to represent the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara but is in fact Vajrasattva.

• Judging Mind versus Discerning Mind, by Corrado Pensa

  By Buddhism Now on 30 March 2018 • ( 5 )

  

  Perceiving the power of separation caused by the judging mind is also very helpful. In other words, the judging mind creates more inner solitude.

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