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• An introduction to mindfulness meditation by Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche (part 2)

  By Buddhism Now on 5 August 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Buddhist video: Part two: An introduction to mindfulness meditation by Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche at Benchen Monastery on 27 April 2014. (about 1 hour 16 minutes)

• Investigation of the Live Word, by Taego Pou

  By Buddhism Now on 1 August 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Do not do anything (good or bad) and do not even do this not-doing; then straightaway one reaches that place where there is no concern for external affairs, that vast and peaceful place where there are absolutely no obstructing thoughts…

• Virtue, Calligraphy by Hakuin

  By Buddhism Now on 25 July 2015 • ( 1 )

  This oversize rendition of the character for “virtue” (toku 悳) reflects the exuberant spiritual energy projected by Hakuin Ekaku, who was one of the foremost proponents of the revival of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism in late Edo Japan. Originally composed by Chinese historian and scholar of Confucianism Sima Guang (1018–1086), the inscription reads:

• Refuge for Animals by Lama Chime Rinpoche

  By Buddhism Now on 24 July 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  One for dog lovers. ‘Refuge for Animals’ by Lama Chime Rinpoche.

• Spiritual Disease, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

  By Buddhism Now on 16 July 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Every one of us has the disease of ‘I’ and ‘mine’, and we absorb more germs every time we see a form, smell an odour, touch a tangible object, taste a flavour, or think in the manner of an ignorant person. In other words, there is the reception of the germ, those things surrounding us that are infected and cause the disease, every time there is sense contact…

• Ethnicity and Buddhism in the UK, by Noy Thomson

  By Buddhism Now on 11 July 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Ethnicity and Buddhism in the UK, by Noy Thomson (Thai name Mom Rajawongse Saisvasdi Svastis Thomson) at The ‘British Buddhist Landscape —Transplantation and Growth’ conference. Short film, about 17 minutes.

• An introduction to mindfulness meditation by Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche (part 1)

  By Buddhism Now on 4 July 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Buddhist video: An introduction to mindfulness meditation by Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche at Benchen Monastery on 27 April 2014. (about 1 hour 23 minutes)

• How Things Are, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 27 June 2015 • ( 7 )

  

  This is what we are all involved with. This is what life is for us at this time. We are all alive now, living within the restrictions of our bodies and minds. Whether you like it, approve of it, or whatever, it doesn’t matter…

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