Buddhist books
Back in my room, which even at midday was rather dark, I lighted a red votive candle and began idly glancing through the pages of the old gentleman’s gift. It proved to be a reprint of an eighth-century (T’ang dynasty) text composed by the Ch’an Master Hui Hai, together with a selection of his dialogues with his disciples…
‘All conditioned things are impermanent’ — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification. v.277 The Dhammapada ‘All conditioned things are unsatisfactory’ — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns… Read More ›
Zen Poem: In front of the Patriarch’s room the road is smooth…
Sutra on expelling evils and begging fortunes. Click any photo to view full size gallery. Date: acclaimed 1745. Language: Yuanyang dialect, Yi language. Photographs from the British Library #endangeredarchives project. Thanks to @bl_eap More posts about the #endangeredarchives project.
Just testing how to embed digital books. This one is the wonderful ‘Light of Asia’ by Sir Edwin Arnold. One of the first books on Buddhism. Have a good read…
The Buddha stressed the urgency for change saying that the human situation is like a man whose house is on fire. What was true for the individual then is becoming increasingly true for our collective existence today…
A collection of eight new or significantly revised translations of Ajahn Chah’s Dhamma talks PDF, mobi and ePub versions…
A fun short story. The moral of this story is: if you want to say ‘there is no one who creates karma,’ you must first learn how to stop saying ‘Ouch!’
