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• Clinging to Self, by Bhikkhu PA Payutto

  By Buddhism Now on 26 January 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  A fun short story. The moral of this story is: if you want to say ‘there is no one who creates karma,’ you must first learn how to stop saying ‘Ouch!’

• The Middle Way, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

  By Buddhism Now on 22 January 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  When the instincts are out of control, they become selfish, and this gives rise to all the defilements. The out-of-control instincts pull the mind off the Middle Way into the dead-end of the kilesa (the mental defilements). This is very important to know…

• The Development of Loving-kindness

  By Buddhism Now on 18 January 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Just as the radiance of all the stars does not equal a sixteenth part of the moon’s radiance, but the moon’s radiance surpasses them and shines forth, bright and brilliant, even so, whatever grounds there are for making merit productive of a future birth, all these do not equal a sixteenth part of the mind-release of loving-kindness…

• Handbook of Tibetan Iconometry

  By Buddhism Now on 14 January 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Occasional book review, ‘The Handbook of Iconometry’

• Five Spiritual Powers, by Mahesi Caplan

  By Buddhism Now on 11 January 2013 • ( 0 )

  Short film (18mins) on Awakening: The Five Spiritual Powers (Faith, Energy, Mindfulness, Serenity, and Wisdom), by Mahesi Caplan.

• Direct Knowing, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 5 January 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Now the Buddha was a sage who tried to convey a particular teaching that would encourage the realization of ultimate reality. And the teaching of the Buddha sometimes baffles modern humanity because it does seem somewhat strange to our way of thinking; we are used to regarding religion from the point of view of being told something. A sage, or philosopher, or some prophet tells us something, and we either agree with it or not…

• Dreams: The Forest of the Night, by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 1 January 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  ‘I suppose very few of us have passed through even a short period of existence without having noticed the different qualities of dreams. There are those that are evanescent; then there are those that possess you and you can’t shake off; and yet others that may be the urge of your life—its guiding star. Nor can the most superficial fail to observe how dreams and life react on one another.’

• Buddhism Now 2012 in review

  By Buddhism Now on 31 December 2012 • ( 1 )

  Happy New Year! Buddhism Now blog 2012 in review. Take a look…

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