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• Ethnicity and Buddhism in the UK, by Noy Thomson

  By Buddhism Now on 11 July 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Ethnicity and Buddhism in the UK, by Noy Thomson (Thai name Mom Rajawongse Saisvasdi Svastis Thomson) at The ‘British Buddhist Landscape —Transplantation and Growth’ conference. Short film, about 17 minutes.

• An introduction to mindfulness meditation by Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche (part 1)

  By Buddhism Now on 4 July 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Buddhist video: An introduction to mindfulness meditation by Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche at Benchen Monastery on 27 April 2014. (about 1 hour 23 minutes)

• How Things Are, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 27 June 2015 • ( 7 )

  

  This is what we are all involved with. This is what life is for us at this time. We are all alive now, living within the restrictions of our bodies and minds. Whether you like it, approve of it, or whatever, it doesn’t matter…

• Photographs of India and Burma, 1852-1860 by Captain Linnaeus Tripe

  By Buddhism Now on 23 June 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Captain Linnaeus Tripe (1822-1902) was a pioneer of early photography who created an outstanding body of work depicting the landscape and architecture of India and Burma (now Myanmar) in the 1850s. This major presentation of Tripe’s photographs most striking views taken between 1852 and 1860.

• Two Levels of Truth, by Lama Chime Rinpoche

  By Buddhism Now on 17 June 2015 • ( 12 )

  

  It is said that for the absolute, one has wisdom, and for the relative, one has compassion. After his enlightenment Buddha did not need to teach people in order for them to become essentially wiser; he did so in order to try to help people, to provide them with a means by which some of them could come to the same understanding that he had reached…

• Time to Learn

  By Buddhism Now on 13 June 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  A young Buddhist monk approached his teacher, and asked the Zen Master: ‘If I meditate very diligently how long will it take for me to become enlightened?’

• Zen Principles and Practices

  By Buddhism Now on 8 June 2015 • ( 0 )

  Documentary showing life in a Rinzai Zen temple. ‘Zen Principles and Practices’. Old Zen film 1986ish. Four parts of 29 minutes each. The film is not studio quality, but wonderful all the same.

• Part 4 Zazenshin: Acupuncture Needle of Zazen, by Shohaku Okumura

  By Buddhism Now on 2 June 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  We often attach to that person. We might ask who the person is…

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