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• Meeting with Father Bede Griffiths by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 16 June 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Originally posted on Buddhism now:
  Years ago when I [Ajahn Sumedho] was in Berkeley, California, the Christian monk, Father Bede Griffiths, was staying in the Korean Zen Center there and I went to see him. He had had a stroke…

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• Guidepost for the Hall of Pure Bliss by Hongzhi

  By Buddhism Now on 9 June 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Dwelling in peace and forgetting hardship, let go of adornments and become genuine. Chinese Zen master Hongzhi

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• The Buddhist Path – Footprint of the Buddha

  By Buddhism Now on 2 June 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Buddhist film looking at how Buddhism is practiced in Sri Lanka and India. Ronald Eyre meets [the late] Venerable Ananda Maitreya a Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka. About 50 minutes.

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• The Fruit Which Arises as Samadhi Matures, by Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 26 May 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  You will be able to sustain concentration without any feelings of pain and discomfort…

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• First Teaching Buddha gave after Awakening, by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

  By Buddhism Now on 20 May 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Four Noble Truths were the first teaching Buddha gave after his awakening. They are the foundation of all Buddhist teachings. Short Buddhist video (about 12 minutes)

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• Portable Shrine with Scenes from the Life of the Buddha

  By Buddhism Now on 12 May 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Three-Sided Section of a Portable Shrine (11.4 cm high) with Scenes from the Life of the Buddha. Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), 5th–6th century.

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• The path of mindfulness is the path of no preferences

  By Buddhism Now on 6 May 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Buddhism now:
  The path of mindfulness is the path of no preferences. When we prefer one thing to another, then we concentrate on it: ‘I prefer peace to chaos.’ So, then, in order to have peace, what…

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• Practice of metta and the English Problem, by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 3 May 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Originally posted on Buddhism now:
  The Venerable Anuruddha had a problem. The tried and tested methods of teaching the metta (loving-kindness) practice did not seem to work with the English. There had to be a solution. The Venerable Anuruddha sat…

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