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• Forest and the Way Out, by Ananda Maitreya

  By Buddhism Now on 28 October 2011 • ( 6 )

  

  Centuries passed by. Incalculable was the crowd at the inn now and many were the discussions as to the interpretations of what had been written on the slab at the signpost. Some professed to know what the original exactly meant and others disagreed and consequently discord arose, parties were formed and actual progress ceased. Those who showed special brain skill and capability to interpret the symbols on the slabs at the post and those who were honoured and looked upon by others for numerous other reasons now became leaders of each party…

• Final Lesson, by Arthur Braverman

  By Buddhism Now on 18 October 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  And he [Uchiyama Kôshô Roshi] told us ‘to look at zazen and not at him as our teacher’. It’s almost as if he knew some of us would become dis­appointed in him and he didn’t want our disappointment to carry over into our zazen…

• Western Cultural Accretions, by Diana St Ruth

  By Buddhism Now on 13 October 2011 • ( 14 )

  

  There is a certain unease among traditionally trained Buddhists which is that some of that which goes under the heading of ‘Buddhism’ in the West is questionable regarding its authenticity…

• Dalai Lama birthday greetings to Desmond Tutu

  By Buddhism Now on 7 October 2011 • ( 1 )

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama sends birthday greetings to Archbishop Desmond Tutu. 6min film.

• The Heart Sutra, Harada Sekkei Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 6 October 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Our purpose for living is to become No-mind/No-self, and a person who has become No-mind/No-self is called a Buddha. Each action we make is completely Empty, it is Nothingness, and if we express this using words, this is the ‘Buddha-dharma’. It is not possible for the ego to intervene in the Dharma…

• Land of the Disappearing Buddha

  By Buddhism Now on 17 August 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  This is an old film about Buddhism in Japan, but well worth watching.

• Something in the training, by Trevor Leggett

  By Buddhism Now on 10 August 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  The man wants the bath water to be calm so he smacks down the waves as they come up. The teacher said, ‘That’s like trying to smack down your thoughts as they arise. But that will just create new ones! If, instead, you simply keep still and watch the waves, they will die down of themselves.’

• Anicca

  By Buddhism Now on 3 August 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  One of the first insights of the Buddha ‘all that arises ceases’, are not reality, not nirvana, not liberation.

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