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• Suffering Ends, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 18 April 2014 • ( 7 )

  

  And this is a most important part of meditation practice, to really know when there is no suffering…

• Solely from the Mind, by Kusan Sunim

  By Buddhism Now on 15 April 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  If someone practises in this way, then whether walking, standing, sitting, lying, talking or not talking, in the midst of activity or nonactivity, the hwadu (Koan) will be always vivid…

• Awareness — Always delight in silence, by Acharya Shantideva

  By Buddhism Now on 10 April 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  Never forsake, even at the cost of one’s life, those spiritual friends who understand the meaning of the great way and personify the bodhisattva’s practice…

• John Snelling

  By Buddhism Now on 6 April 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Everyone who knew John Snelling through his Buddhist connections soon learned that he had leukaemia. This disease, which was diagnosed in 1975, became his inseparable companion in dukkha.

• Awareness — If I manage to restrain my mind, by Acharya Shantideva

  By Buddhism Now on 5 April 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Troublesome beings are like space; it is impossible to destroy them all. But if angry thoughts alone are overcome, it is equivalent to conquering all one’s enemies…

• In the Land of Snow: Buddhist Art from the Himalayas

  By Buddhism Now on 3 April 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  From an exhibition at:Norton Simon MuseumMarch 28–Aug. 25, 2014 Buddha Shakyamuni or AkshobhyaNepal, 13th century, Gilt-copper alloy, 13-3/4 x 10-1/4 in. (34.9 x 26 cm)Norton Simon Art Foundation. Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara with Eleven Heads Tibet, c. 1500, Gilt bronze with copper,… Read More ›

• Mu, by Maezumi Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 30 March 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  It’s not a matter of intellectually figuring out what mu is. To see muji you must put yourself completely into it until you are mu itself. Concentrate on muji until you and muji become one thing, and then keep on working.

• Kisagotami

  By Buddhism Now on 28 March 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  A Buddhist parable. The story of Kisagotami and the mustard-seed.

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