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Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto

By Buddhism Now on 24 November 2018 • ( 0 )

A guide to Kyoto’s most important Zen garden and temple sites.

Don’t invite the future.

By Buddhism Now on 20 November 2018 • ( 6 )

Don’t invite the future.

Seated Buddha, India, post Gupta period, later Sarnath style Date: late 6th–first half of the 7th century © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Lotus Transcendent

By Buddhism Now on 2 November 2018 • ( 2 )

Free eBook: The Lotus Transcendent: highlights include exceptional Gandharan arts.

Seated Transcendent Buddha Vairochana in Vitarka Mudra representing the discussion and transmission of the teachings by the Buddha. Central Javanese period, late 9th century © Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Satipatthana sutta the Buddha’s Teaching on Mindfulness

By Buddhism Now on 27 October 2018 • ( 5 )

Satipatthana sutta setting out the Buddha’s teaching to overcome suffering.

Seated Buddha, Sakyamuni, China, Shanxi province, Tianlongshan, early 8th century, © Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum

Fascination for our Mental Suffering. Corrado Pensa

By Buddhism Now on 21 October 2018 • ( 2 )

We hear and read that we should look insidePapanca is proliferationWe hear and read that we should look inside; nippapanca is a mind of a buddha. Now, a simple reflection can help, at least it did in my case.

Seated Buddha Shakyamuni, the Right Hand in Abhaya Mudra, the Left Hand Holding a Jewel, Chinese, late 6th century. © Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Seated Buddha Shakyamuni

By Buddhism Now on 13 October 2018 • ( 1 )

Shakyamuni Buddha, the Right Hand in Abhaya Mudra, the Left Hand Holding a Jewel, Chinese, late 6th century.

Seated Buddha Shakyamuni, the Right Hand in Abhaya Mudra, the Left Hand Holding a Jewel, Chinese, late 6th century. © Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

The Host and Guest — From The Surangama Sutra

By Buddhism Now on 28 September 2018 • ( 5 )

By considering this example of the visitor, the one who comes and goes, and the innkeeper, the one who remains, I understood what the visitor signifies.

Seated Buddha, China, 828. © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Karma: Innocent Action, by Diana St Ruth

By Buddhism Now on 15 September 2018 • ( 0 )

Karma: The more we contemplate life, the more we realise just how mysterious it is.