Overcome your uncertainties
and free yourself from dwelling in sorrow.
If you delight in life,
you will become a guide to those who need you,
revealing the path to many.
―Buddha Shakyamuni
Tag Archives: The dharma
1st Precept — Great Middle Way
In the Dhammika Sutta, the Buddha says that ‘not to kill’ means three things: You do not do it yourself; you do not get others to do it; and you do not encourage, condone, applaud, aid, and abet when others do it. What more does one need to prove that one cannot observe this precept […]
More Need, Greater Benefit
Knowledge.
There is much anxiety and restlessness in most persons today, which are symptoms of agitation. The human mind simply cannot process properly the enormous amounts of sensory input to which it is exposed constantly. Thus, although finding the time and the emotional and physical ‘space’ in which to meditate may be more difficult in the modern world than it was in a rural setting in the past, the need and the benefit are actually greater.
There is an old Buddhist saying that everyone should meditate for ½ hour every day ―except for those who are too busy, who must meditate for at least one full hour. This is not a clever, flippant remark. There is great wisdom in it, as the busier our lives, the greater the need to meditate.
However, please be gentle and kind to yourself. My Teacher used to say that meditating 7 days per week is optimal…
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Examine Your Own Mind – The Great Middle Way
To see if you’re aware of impermanence or not, check whether your plans are long or short term. To see if you perceive samsara as flawed or not, check how strong are your attachments. To see …
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5 liars — Zen ; Great Middle Way
greatmiddleway.wordpress.com by Tashi Nyima June 18, 2016 The aggregate of form, the material body, tells me where I am. The aggregate of feeling tells me how I am. The aggregate of cognition tells me what I am. The aggregate of volition tells me why I am. The aggregate of consciousness tells me I am the […]
Nothing To Do — Great Middle Way
Renunciation has nothing to do with sacrificing. When we talk about renunciation, somehow we get all scared because we think that we have to give up some goodies, something valuable, some important things. But there is nothing that is important; there is nothing that is solidly existing. All that you give up is actually a […]
Why are things not self and what is your true self? – Lama Shenpen Hookham — Essence of Buddhism
At 4 min 30 sec, Lama Shenpen Hookham clarifies the teaching of anatta (nonself) in Buddhism: Lama Shenpen Hookham – Nonself (Anatta) vs True Self And when we talk about nonself – what is not self – I think it’s a big problem in the way Buddhists talk about “no self” to be honest. I […]
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Two Recommendations — Great Middle Way
Abandon wrongdoing. It can be done. If there were no likelihood, I would not ask you to do it. But since it is possible and brings about blessings and happiness, I do ask of you to abandon wrongdoing. Cultivate doing good. It can be done. If it brought deprivation and sorrow, I would not ask you to do […]
Buddhist Treasures From Gobi Desert Cave — Buddhist Art News
Wall Street Journal Beginning May 7, the Getty Research Institute will show Buddhist artwork in the show ‘Cave Temples of Dunhuang’ By Alexandra Wolfe For six centuries, nearly 500 caves filled with troves of art sat practically untouched along China’s Silk Road. Little known outside China, they contained thousands of Buddhist sculptures and manuscripts and […]
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Buddhism and The Dharma: Cultivate — Great Middle Way
Cultivate the thought of loving-kindness, for by cultivating loving-kindness, ill will is banished forever. Cultivate, too, the thought of compassion, for by cultivating compassion, you will find harm and cruelty disappear. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Majjhima Nikaya
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