Why Is Buddhism So Messy?
There is no original teaching, no superior or inferior schools, and no historical Buddha to be found. There are books, and there are the methods and traditions that we’ve derived from them.
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Tag: Pali Canon
The Highs & Lows and Finding the Center Point (The Eight Worldly Conditions)
By Tyler Lewke I am the son of a Zoologist. As a kid, I had birds and snakes and a chipmunk...
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Lift Them Up: Right Speech in a Contentious World
By Peter Schaller A close friend had been taking care of her dad in the hospital last week....
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I am of the Nature to Grow Old: The Buddha’s Five Remembrances {Part 1}
By Michelleanne Bradley The first of the Buddha’s Five Remembrances: I am of the...
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What Does it Mean to Be a Secular Buddhist?
By Stephen Batchelor I am a secular Buddhist. It has taken me years to fully “come out,”...
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