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  • Direct Knowing, by Ajahn Sumedho

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    Cambodia Photo © Janet Novak

    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

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    Butterfly on Blue Flowers.

    ‘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

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

  • The Pain of Attachment, by Corrado Pensa

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    Wall Art, Sri lanka © Hazel Waghorn

    We fall sometimes, in old habits; we slide back; we regress and start yelling or nourishing self-aversion, but if we keep practising, we wake up again and find that we don’t really want to continue with those old habits. It’s an organic process…

  • Greetings from Buddhism Now

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    Season’s greetings from all at Buddhism Now and Buddhist Publishing Group

  • Being Our Own Refuge, by Geshe Tashi Tsering

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    Two monks © Lisa Daix

    Sometimes we may feel that we do things without any kind of conscious intention. But if we are truly mindful, we can notice ourselves as we act; and if we trace the motivation back, we will definitely see that we have an instinctive wish to enhance our happiness…

  • Satipatthana Sutta

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    There is this one way for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrows and griefs, for the going down of sufferings and miseries, for winning the right path, for realizing nibbana, that is to say, the four applications of mindfulness. The Buddha

  • Baby English—sorry! by Tangen Harada Roshi.

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    Tangen Harada Roshi

    The English isn’t exactly right, but we know what he means. It is with great respect that we publish his Baby English Teisho here. If it is read with this in mind, we’re sure you will agree, it is a magnificent dharma thrust.

    Deep, deep, deep, great smile; That’s the roots. Why?

    Eternal, perfect and bright; Eternal, perfect safety; Eternal, perfect peace; Everything eternal,

    Now, here, now, here; Now, here—no change!

    All people hope, desire, Desire, desire,

    Desire perfect peace; Perfect enough, myself; Always, yes!