That ordinary mind of ours tends to get camouflaged with desires and fantasies. It’s hard to let go of wishing and wanting, yearning and craving, and come to a stop, here, where we are. We may even think that…
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Transcending Techniques, by Diana St Ruth
Descriptions are merely devices or skilful means for awakening, but they are not the reality itself; they are just hints: Let’s look at it this way…
Knowing for ourselves, by Diana St Ruth
But if we suffer from ourselves, no one else can tread the path for us. That, I think, is central to Buddhism; it’s our own path, our own responsibility…
Buddha found his own way to freedom, by Diana St Ruth
Buddhism has a very guru-and-teacher-oriented side to it, but I don’t think it was ever meant to. The Buddha found his own way to freedom from suffering…
Breaking free of mental activity, by Diana St Ruth
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…
Diana St Ruth
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 ›
The First Truth, by Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhist teachings are guides that help us to look at the experience of being alive
Compassion without Drowning, by Diana St Ruth
Buddhism, by its very nature, leads practitioners towards compassion for all beings…
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