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• Breaking free of mental activity, by Diana St Ruth

  By Buddhism Now on 6 November 2009 • ( 3 )

  

  Buddhist meditation is the process of breaking free of mental activity in order to hear what we hear, smell what we smell, taste what we taste and see what we see, without making judgements…

• Thanks!

  By Buddhism Now on 2 November 2009 • ( 1 )

  — Many thanks for your kindness. — From all at Buddhist Publishing Group

• A Simple Song of Fun by Yangchen Shepai Dorje

  By Buddhism Now on 30 October 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  A wise man like me makes tea his pleasure,
  Beverage of nectar the color of saffron,
  Camphor its only rival in fragrance,
  Delicate porcelain its vessel of choice;
  Drink tea, a friend to those seeking wisdom…

• Nirvana for Everyone, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

  By Buddhism Now on 28 October 2009 • ( 5 )

  

  When you hear the phrase ‘Nirvana for everyone’, you may shake your head in disbelief. People in general believe that nirvana is a special place where there is no suffering, only happiness, the place usually being reached after death by those who have already achieved perfection in thousands of incarnations…

• Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

  By Buddhism Now on 28 October 2009 • ( 4 )

  

  Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (Servant of the Buddha) became a monk in 1926…

• The unborn does not come within the realm of time

  By Buddhism Now on 26 October 2009 • ( 4 )

  

  Questions such as: Why was I born? What is my life for? What will happen to me when I die? are based on the premise of a solid, permanent entity living in a body and moving through time from day…

• Diana St Ruth

  By Buddhism Now on 26 October 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  Diana St Ruth has been a practising Buddhist since the early 1960s. A director of the Buddhist Publishing Group since 1983, she lived in a Buddhist Community in Devon from 1989-1993 and is the editor of Buddhism Now. She is… Read More ›

• Meeting with Father Bede Griffiths, by Ajahn Sumedho

  By Buddhism Now on 22 October 2009 • ( 2 )

  

  ‘I had a stroke and I lost my memory . . . thank goodness!’ He looked overjoyed!

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