This painted cover for a palm-leaf manuscript belongs to the Pala- Nepalese tradition. It comes from a palm-leaf edition of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra (“Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Verses”).
Buddhism
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Questions of monks to their teacher Ajahn Chah
Greed and hatred are the same in an Eastern or a Western mind. Suffering and the cessation of suffering are the same for all people.
Emotion and Compassion (Part II), by Geshe Tashi Tsering
Again, compassion isn’t for others alone, it’s a matter of having compassion for one’s own wellbeing as well. We all have compassion, but it might be quite weak, and sometimes quite partial and discriminative.
Walk with Me
Trailer: A film about Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village.
Immortals and Sages: Paintings from Ryoanji Temple
Free PDF download ‘Immortals and Sages: Paintings from Ryoanji Temple’ 58 Pages (24mb)
Emotion and Compassion (Part I) by Geshe Tashi Tsering
Now, it may seem as if emotions come up nonstop. In reality, however, that is not the case. No matter how strong anger may be, for example, it doesn’t last for a week, two weeks, three or four weeks. It doesn’t even last for twenty-four hours. In fact, anger comes and goes. So that point, in itself, proves that it is not continuously operating in our minds.
Vipallasa Sutta: Distortions of the Mind
Sensing no change in the changing, Sensing pleasure in suffering, Assuming “self” where there’s no self…