‘One thing I teach, dukkha and release from dukkha.’
The Buddha
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Two Kinds of Language, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
The word ‘Buddha’, for example, in everyday language refers to the historical enlightened being, Gotama Buddha. It refers to a physical man of flesh and bone that was born in India over two thousand years ago, died, and was cremated.
Considered in terms of dhamma language, however, the word ‘Buddha’ refers to the truth that the historical Buddha realised and taught, the dhamma itself…
The Point of Intersection between the timeless and time, by Ajahn Sumedho
Contemplate contentment and gratitude.
Liberation Here and Now, by Ayya Khema
To get a glimpse of wishless liberation, we can notice the dissatisfaction—the dukkha—that arises in the heart and mind whenever we want something.
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…
Anicca
One of the first insights of the Buddha ‘all that arises ceases’, are not reality, not nirvana, not liberation.
What is Dukkha? by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
What are the characteristics of dukkha? What are the symptoms?…
Buddhism now 