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• Souls of Zen

  By Buddhism Now on 15 March 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  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

  By Buddhism Now on 14 March 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  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

  By Buddhism Now on 11 March 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  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.’

• Tiger rests on Buddha head

  By Buddhism Now on 8 March 2014 • ( 8 )

  

  Great photo from @nowthisnews: Tiger rests on Buddha head.

• Dalai Lama gives the Opening Prayer in the U.S. Senate

  By Buddhism Now on 6 March 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Dalai Lama gives the Opening Prayer in the U.S. Senate 6 May 2014

• Have You Awakened? by Kusan Sunim

  By Buddhism Now on 5 March 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  For the ninety days of this winter retreat people from nine different countries have gath­ered here. The times and seasons of all countries are not the same. Thus when it is winter here, it is summer elsewhere; and when it is daytime here, it is night-time elsewhere.

  North, south, east and west being void, they form a single house.

• Learning or leaning?

  By Buddhism Now on 3 March 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  The Buddha placed great empha­sis on personal experience and understanding. But we’re inclined to forget this and try to obtain understanding second-hand…

• Einstein and Contemplation by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 1 March 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Einstein’s eyes were luminous and serene, like the eyes of a jade bodhisattva, lost in an absoluteness of being, where there is neither cat nor mouse, but only grace…

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