Instead, it lies far beyond the impermanent world of form.
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People think that the gift of the gab and being smart, are signs of wisdom, by Hakuin Zenji
The Buddhist world is now filled with people of their sort.
The Way Things Really Are.
The Sutta-nipata is one of the earliest texts of the Pali cannon, coming from the same period as the Dhammapada, before the monastic tradition was strong.
When we see events through the lens of a pure mind.
This pure awareness is not detached or indifferent.
The Buddha’s Meeting with Upaka
The Buddha’s awakening was not some flashy miracle but a quiet, serene realisation of the nature of suffering.
In the heart of the Buddha’s teachings lies a profound caution.
The danger is that insights, once grasped, can easily harden into words.
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This sutta uses the metaphor of crossing a dangerous flood (ogha) to represent transcending samsara. The Buddha’s method—neither striving too hard nor being completely passive—illustrates the Middle Way.
Thinking makes it so, by Ajahn Sumedho.
Exploring the Unborn.
Buddhism now 