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’…
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Not being Buddha is suffering
‘One thing I teach, dukkha and release from dukkha.’
The Buddha
Foundations of Buddhism—some notes
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 ›
Is Your Hair On Fire? by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
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…
Natural Cure for Spiritual Disease, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
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…
What is Dukkha? by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
What are the characteristics of dukkha? What are the symptoms?…
Nirvana for Everyone, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
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
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (Servant of the Buddha) became a monk in 1926…
