You sometimes hear widely accepted teachings in Buddhism being argued about and all but dismissed, but Buddhism is for testing. Isn’t that the whole point? But you do hear these tussles going on…
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Who are you? By Beopjeong
Don’t get distracted. Don’t look for the Buddha anywhere apart from your own mind. When you are a really free person, you hesitate nowhere when you are only “you and self.” Even when living in the common world, if you don’t become attached to or imbued with worldly things, you can become your true self…
Notes on Sympathetic Joy
In this troubled world of ours, there are plenty of opportunities for thoughts and deeds of compassion; but there seem to be all too few for sharing in others’ joy. Hence it is necessary for us to create new opportunities for unselfish joy, by the active practice of loving-kindness (metta) and compassion (karuna), in deeds, words, and meditative thought…
Compassion without Drowning, by Diana St Ruth
Buddhism, by its very nature, leads practitioners towards compassion for all beings…
The Beginning of Buddhism and Development of the Schools, by John Aske
The Buddha in effect produced a manual for seeing life as it is and dealing with it and its problems, undeluded by idealistic belief systems or the claims of great yogic power…
Geshe Tashi at London 2012
Thought you would like to see these photographs of our good friend Geshe Tashi Tsering — Buddhist Chaplain at London 2012 Olympics…
Two ways not to go, by Diana St Ruth
The path, the way, reality, is open for us all to see and know for ourselves. It can be done and we can do it if we wish. That, to me, is what the message is, at least in most forms of Buddhism.
Dalai Lama meeting Aung San Suu Kyi
Love this picture of Dalai Lama meeting Aung San Suu Kyi, in the UK, on her birthday.
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