The Five Precepts for Blockheads
The Five Precepts may take a hold of you. You may realise that ethical conduct is not optional.
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Category: Buddhism
Me, Bankei, and Real Silence
One of the observations I’ve made is that many teachers mention silence as something to pursue. It’s confusing because the awakened condition is beyond silence or noise, thinking or non-thinking, good or bad. Repeating this directive just misleads students and keeps them chasing after an unsustainable goal.
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Meditating, Noise and Birthday Girls
I realised that all the ruckus had become “noise.” Shouting Spaniards, the TV next door, the souped-up car—it was all just “noise.”
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Do Not Try to Become a Buddha by Myozan Ian Kilroy {Book Review}
In Do Not Try, Rev. Myozan shows us how much more to Buddhism there is beyond the individual state of enlightenment. He shows us how we can take the teachings, the practices and even the rituals and live them in our own community.
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Exploring the Haunted House: Walking the Path of Unresolved Trauma
There is a world outside of your house. There are paths you can choose. There is a future you can forge. Let what arises, arise. Hold it. Own it.
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