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• The Path to Wisdom, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 2 March 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Ajahn Sumedho focuses on the simple reality of the here and now, and the awareness of ‘just this’, where all thoughts and concepts drop away in favour of insight and understanding.

• Karma, by Diana St Ruth

  By Buddhism Now on 23 February 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  These ideas brought an overwhelming sense of joy to me. It meant I was not a helpless victim of circumstance or fate, as I had thought.

• Tittha Sutta: Buddhist Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant

  By Buddhism Now on 16 February 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  An allegory on truth and interpretation. A group of six blind men endeavour to describe an elephant.

• Spells, Images, and Mandalas

  By Buddhism Now on 15 February 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This study examines the translations of dhāranī sūtras made by Bodhiruci in the early eighth century and later Esoteric texts, such as Yixing’s commentary on the Mahāvairocana sūtra and Amoghavajra’s ritual manuals…

• Two: Questions of monks to their teacher Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 9 February 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Practice is separate from any posture. It is a matter of directly looking at the mind.

• Emotion and Compassion (Part III), Geshe Tashi Tsering

  By Buddhism Now on 2 February 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  We want genuine happiness, and we can develop the feeling that we deserve it. Then we can move towards having compassion for others. If we really do feel compassion for others, there is no doubt we must also feel compassion towards ourselves…

• Intimacy and the Buddha’s Smile, by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 26 January 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  But don’t grasp at the smile — or the flower — or even the words, and most of us do, because we love to attach ourselves to things and meanings, and it’s not about things or meanings.

• Book Cover from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Astasahasrika

  By Buddhism Now on 19 January 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This painted cover for a palm-leaf manuscript belongs to the Pala- Nepalese tradition. It comes from a palm-leaf edition of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra (“Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Verses”).

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