Contemplate contentment and gratitude.
Buddhism
Know yourself, Mahesi Caplan
Short film (18mins) Perspectives on the Awakening Process, by Mahesi Caplan…
An introduction to Zen
Short video (4mins): ‘An introduction to Zen’
You Are Not A Permanent Person, by Ajahn Sumedho
So much of our suffering is around attachment to perceptions, views, opinions and emotional habits. In the enlightened mind one is breaking out of conditioning. Because there is an infinite variety of conditioned phenomena, the Buddha talked in terms of just five groups (five khandhas) in which to get a perspective on it, and this is to be understood in a very direct way, not in a theoretical way. Each one of us experiences through the body, feelings, perceptions, mental formations and consciousness, and…
What was the message of the Buddha? by John Aske
Perhaps this is why Buddhism—almost the oldest of the great religions—has had so little effect on the others…
We are having a problem with our Theme
We have had a problem with our Theme. All’s well now. However, as you can see below, we have lost all of our Twitter and Facebook likes. All things are impermanent. The Buddha
This is the Miracle, by Trevor Leggett
The teacher said that people today, and always, sell themselves cheap. Somebody who is always saying, ‘I’m no good,’ won’t try at anything because, ‘Things always go wrong for me. And if I do happen to succeed in something, it’s never appreciated; it always goes badly. And is life worth living anyway?’ Such people are selling themselves cheap. They have a treasure in them…
Liberation Here and Now, by Ayya Khema
To get a glimpse of wishless liberation, we can notice the dissatisfaction—the dukkha—that arises in the heart and mind whenever we want something.
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