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  • Orchestra of young Spanish musicians

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    Orchestra of young Spanish musicians

    Orchestra of young Spanish musicians brought a cheer to a Job Shop waiting room in Madrid when they launched into a rendition of the Beatles’ favourite Here Comes the Sun.

  • The Gods Become Human by John Aske

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    Back lane in Devon, near Totnes

    We all have to learn the comfort of being ourselves — and not someone else. It is much harder than it looks and the problem never really goes away.

  • Sexual Desire, by The Dalai Lama

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    Tibetan Shrine

    Then, on the desire side we shall see, if we analyse it, that attachment develops owing to seeing something beautiful — beautiful colour, beautiful shape, beautiful hair, nose, eyes, mouth — it is like that, isn’t it? Now, there are two types of love and compassion and one type is conditioned — ‘beautiful face, beautiful body, beautiful sound,’ — that kind of love is greatly conditioned. As soon as these conditions disap­pear, then no more love!

  • Enter the Mandala

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    Taima mandala, approx. 1300–1400. Japan. Hanging scroll; ink, colors and gold on silk. The Avery Brundage Collection, B61D11+.

    In Enter the Mandala, a series of mandala paintings align the gallery with the cardinal directions—north, south, east and west—transforming the open gallery space into an architectural mandala.

  • Doctrine of Dependent Origination, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

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    Monkey with biscuit, Mustang. Photo © Lisa Daix

    Anybody who is able to comprehend the doctrine of dependent origination has the capability to engage in his own cultivation and end his suffering…

  • Souls of Zen

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    Souls of Zen

    This film is the only documentary based on sustained attention to the everyday lives of Buddhist professionals in the disaster zone.

  • It’s Like This, by Ajahn Chah

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    Ajahn Chah. “It’s Like This:

    The crude, beginning level of the practice is a little hard to maintain, but the refined levels of virtue, concentration, and discernment all come out of this…

    Download PDF copy of ‘It’s Like This’, by Ajahn Chah

  • We must not stay at the Zen of Words, by Haechun Sunim

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    Singyesa Buddhist temple, in the 1930s.

    We can say, ‘As yet, I do not know for myself, but the Buddha said this … And Bodhidharma said that… Let’s practice together in this way.’ This is fine! Who knows, the student may awaken before the teacher. In Buddhism, there is the saying: Although there might be a hierarchy according to who has entered the temple first, in awakening, there is no hierarchy, there is no line — it is according to our roots and our efforts.’