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• Eight Great Events from the Life of the Buddha

  By Buddhism Now on 9 August 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Most significant is the central Buddha touching the earth at the moment of his enlightenment under the Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya, indicated by the branches above his head…

• Part 2 Toward Nirvana and From Nirvana, by Professor Masahiro Shimoda

  By Buddhism Now on 30 July 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  In order that you may gain a clear understanding of the idea of the bodhisattva, I would like to turn your attention to a long-­­­standing discussion in the scholarly world regarding an erroneous belief widely maintained by contemporary scholars. According to their understanding, the bodhisattvas of Buddhist scriptures belong to two almost mutually exclusive categories…

• Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture

  By Buddhism Now on 20 July 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  As illuminating for new enthusiasts of Chinese Buddhist art as for scholars and connoisseurs, Wisdom Embodied is a glorious tour of the Metropolitan’s unparalleled collection, certain to earn its place as a classic in the field…

• Dependent Origination, by Dalai Lama

  By Buddhism Now on 10 July 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Short talk by the Dalai Lama on the ‘law of causality and dependent origination’. About 25 minutes.

• Toward Nirvana and From Nirvana, by Professor Masahiro Shimoda

  By Buddhism Now on 4 July 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  The process whereby Buddhism—which first began as the deeply internal experience of just one ascetic practitioner—has over time borne fruit within vastly different races, climates, cultures and histories, might be likened to the way volcanic magma breaks through the earth’s crust and gushes heavenwards then flows down in every direction…

• Purpose and the Search for Happiness, by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 26 June 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  The parallels with the story of the young Prince Siddhartha 2500 years earlier are clear. As childhood with its certainties (if we are lucky) and its securities, moves into adolescence and then maturity, we are all confronted with the opportunity of opening up to the world (and ourselves) and exploring it, or turning away from it and trying to restore the gilded cage we once lived in…

• Try to have a Permanent Emotion, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 18 June 2016 • ( 7 )

  

  To think ‘I am screwed up’, is a value judgement, isn’t it? ‘Screwed up’ makes the ‘I am’.

• Misunderstanding, by Trevor Leggett

  By Buddhism Now on 12 June 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  ‘Oh, it’s not finished yet,’ replied the senior. ‘Now do the same practise, but this time think about, and try to understand, yourself.’

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