Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

Shakyamuni Triad with the Sixteen Protectors of the Great Wisdom Sutra. Period: Nanbokuchō period (1336–92

Intuitive Insight, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

By Buddhism Now on 28 December 2014 • ( 1 )

There is a word in Buddhism that covers this completely, the word sunnata, or emptiness, emptiness of selfhood, emptiness of any essence that we might have a right to cling to with all our might as being ‘mine’…

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National Museum of Korea, National Treasure 83

Not being Buddha is suffering

By Buddhism Now on 2 January 2014 • ( 1 )

‘One thing I teach, dukkha and release from dukkha.’
The Buddha

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Foundations of Buddhism—some notes

By Buddhism Now on 20 June 2013 • ( 17 )

The Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, lived approximately 563-483 bce in the north of India (today Nepal). The Gotamas were a branch of the Sakya clan. His mother, Maya, gave birth to him in Lumbini Grove. She died seven days later and his… Read More ›

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Is Your Hair On Fire? by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

By Buddhism Now on 30 June 2012 • ( 0 )

It is quite amusing and quite sad that most people seem to wander through life in a little cloud, as if nothing were wrong. And then, when something is obviously wrong, they pretend it isn’t. People rarely develop the keen and powerful urge to be free of all the dukkha…

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Natural Cure for Spiritual Disease, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

By Buddhism Now on 7 December 2010 • ( 3 )

While many Buddhists take Dhamma to be “the Buddha’s teaching,” it really means “Natural Truth” or “Natural Law.” Of course, this is what the Buddha taught and…