Buddhist Meditation is not normally thought of as a process of attainment or failure. Learning about ourselves is its practice and awareness is its function…
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Fear and Suffering, by Corrado Pensa
We fear the unknown, that is to say, we fear the unknown consequences. Sometimes, however, there is this contradiction: we ask about practising with fear while being afraid of practising with fear…
Samatha and Vipassana
In the Theravada teachings on samatha-vipassanà, they divide meditation ― that English word ‘meditation’ ― into tranquillity and insight (samatha and vipassanà).
True freedom is emancipation from our concepts. Anam Thubten
“Can we wake up to this truth?” It might be much easier than we think…
Problems, by John Aske
The central problem is that they all demand to be dealt with now, or otherwise there will be terrible consequences…
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…
Luminosity of the Mind, by HH Dalai Lama
In relation to the nature of mind, what is luminosity? In this respect it might be interesting to reflect on a passage which one finds in certain texts which says that ‘between the arisal of different instances of conceptual thought, the clear light nature of mind arises uninterruptedly’…
What is Dukkha? by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
What are the characteristics of dukkha? What are the symptoms?…
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