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• Renunciation and Simplicity, by Corrado Pensa

  By Buddhism Now on 3 December 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  The virtues (paramis) always work in a relationship of mutual cooperation. There is an organic necessity for these positive energies to work together; they are mutually supportive. There is support between formal practice and the virtues, and among the several virtues.

  From a distance we might say that practice seems to be simple, and in a sense it is—it’s the simplest thing in the world. In another sense, however, it is a complex and interacting structure…

• Clothes and Moods, by Trevor Leggett

  By Buddhism Now on 28 November 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  We are asked not to become identified with passing moods, which are to be treated like clothes. Whether we are wearing bright clothes or dark clothes…

• The Five Buddha Families, by Francesca Fremantle

  By Buddhism Now on 26 November 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  The Buddha wisdom, which is beyond imagination, naturally appears in the mandala in the five different kinds of enlightenment, or five wisdoms. This is known as the five Buddha families. These five contain the possibility of both confusion and wisdom, samsara and enlightenment…

• Propaganda is not the way things are, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 23 November 2013 • ( 7 )

  

  Buddhism is not a brainwashing or conditioning type of teaching. One is not being asked to adopt Buddhist ideas, or say all the right Buddhist things, or wear Buddhist clothes (even though I do).

• Great Peace of Mind, by Harada Sekkei Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 20 November 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  With regard to religion, we tend to think of it as belief in something outside of ourselves. But please understand and accept that in Buddhism, the person who conveys the teaching as well as the person who hears and listens to the teaching are both you…

• Photographs of the 1903 Francis Younghusband led mission to invade Tibet

  By Buddhism Now on 17 November 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Mission Tibet [1903-1904] Click any photo to view full size gallery. The photographs are of Tibet when the Francis Younghusband led the mission to invade Tibet. In 1903 a substantial army was assembled in Sikkim and camped some 15 miles… Read More ›

• Moss grows

  By Buddhism Now on 16 November 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Zen Poem: In front of the Patriarch’s room the road is smooth…

• This reflective mind, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 13 November 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  This reflective mind, then, is the still point in the centre. That is why each one of us is important in our own right. You may feel that you are not a very important person, that you are just one of the 5.5 billion on this planet…

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