There is a certain unease among traditionally trained Buddhists which is that some of that which goes under the heading of ‘Buddhism’ in the West is questionable regarding its authenticity…
Buddhism
Dalai Lama birthday greetings to Desmond Tutu
His Holiness the Dalai Lama sends birthday greetings to Archbishop Desmond Tutu. 6min film.
Land of the Disappearing Buddha
This is an old film about Buddhism in Japan, but well worth watching.
Anicca
One of the first insights of the Buddha ‘all that arises ceases’, are not reality, not nirvana, not liberation.
Five Protections Against Sorrow
In Buddhism it is taught that almost everything that happens to us, good or bad, is the result of previous actions — it is our karma…
A Buddhist Refuge
Taking refuge in the Triple Gem is adopting a certain attitude of mind; it is adopting a Buddhist way of life…
Realise the Peace of the Unconditioned, by Ajahn Sumedho
Dhamma talk centred around the conditioning we receive throughout our lives.
The Eightfold Path
Whoever makes endeavour for the riddance of wrong purpose, for the attainment of right purpose, that is his right endeavour. Mindful, he gets rid of wrong purpose; mindful, entering on right purpose he abides in it. That is his right mindfulness. Thus these three things circle round and follow after right purpose — that is to say: right view, right endeavour, right mindfulness…
Buddhism now 