Do not gulp the tea but sip it slowly allowing its fragrance to fill one’s mouth. There is no need to have any special attitude while drinking except one of thankfulness. The nature of the tea itself is that of no-mind…
Buddhism
Try to imagine deathlessness, by Ajahn Sumedho
..and all you get is some kind of immortal fantasy, a heavenly fantasy where everything is beautiful…
What is Dukkha? by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
What are the characteristics of dukkha? What are the symptoms?…
Pat Wilkinson one of the earliest Western Buddhist nuns
Pat Wilkinson went to Thailand to be a Buddhist nun (meichee) maybe fifty or sixty years ago…
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…
Buddhism now 