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• Seeds of Happiness and Sorrow, by Thich Nhat Hanh

  By Buddhism Now on 22 February 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  It is certain that we have seeds of happiness, seeds of joy, of peace, of love, in us, but it may be that during our daily lives, nobody knows how to touch those seeds…

• Study the Self! By Maezumi Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 15 February 2015 • ( 8 )

  

  Awak­ening is the very core of the Buddha’s teaching, but if we are thinking about awakening we are separating ourselves from it…

• Crashed out Buddhas, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 7 February 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  All sensory objects satisfy us temporarily, but then we have to find something else to be absorbed into — to read, think, go to sleep, get drunk, take dope, have sex. It goes on and on, without reflection…

• The Tibetan Chan Manuscripts

  By Buddhism Now on 4 February 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  These manuscripts, found in the caves of Dunhuang, include the only surviving texts of a living ‘Tibetan Chan’ tradition. They give us a snapshot of the early Chan tradition from the eighth and tenth centuries…

• No Longer Foolish, by Shen Hui

  By Buddhism Now on 30 January 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Shen Hui answered, ‘”The absence of thought” is a method for the wise, but if the foolish were to cultivate it, they would no longer be fool­ish.’

• Dalai Lama talks about what is present.

  By Buddhism Now on 23 January 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  A short talk (2 minutes) about time and the present, by the the Dalai Lama.

• 2014 in review and stats. Enjoy!

  By Buddhism Now on 20 January 2015 • ( 0 )

  The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 440,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at… Read More ›

• Buddha is only a provisional name, by Harada Sekkei Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 17 January 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  No matter how much we think about the past, it isn’t possible to change it…

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