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• Have You Awakened? by Kusan Sunim

  By Buddhism Now on 5 March 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  For the ninety days of this winter retreat people from nine different countries have gath­ered here. The times and seasons of all countries are not the same. Thus when it is winter here, it is summer elsewhere; and when it is daytime here, it is night-time elsewhere.

  North, south, east and west being void, they form a single house.

• Learning or leaning?

  By Buddhism Now on 3 March 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  The Buddha placed great empha­sis on personal experience and understanding. But we’re inclined to forget this and try to obtain understanding second-hand…

• Einstein and Contemplation by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 1 March 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Einstein’s eyes were luminous and serene, like the eyes of a jade bodhisattva, lost in an absoluteness of being, where there is neither cat nor mouse, but only grace…

• Charismatic Modern Gurus, by John Snelling

  By Buddhism Now on 24 February 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Of course, in following a spiri­tual path — as in anything in life — one needs information, support and the guidance of experienced people…

• Selfie with the Dalai Lama

  By Buddhism Now on 21 February 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Member of the audience takes a selfie with the Dalai Lama

• Zazen is not step-by-step learning meditation, by Harada Sekkei Roshi

  By Buddhism Now on 19 February 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  As long as you do not understand the Way of Bud­dha, you think that practice is the result of the Way.

• Notes on Meditation, from Ajahn Chah

  By Buddhism Now on 16 February 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  If the mind is agitated by different things and you can’t concentrate, try taking an extra–deep breath until the lungs are completely full, and then release all the air until there is none left inside. Do this several times, then re–establish awareness…

• Anxiety by John Aske

  By Buddhism Now on 13 February 2014 • ( 7 )

  

  Worry, care, depression, gloom, all of these are targets of the universal raider. Anxiety is drawn like a spider to the web in which we struggle, and thrives on our resistance. But its strength is drawn from this and only this. The energy released by our struggling and resistance is what attracts it…

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