'The Buddha's teaching on anatta (non-self) is deep and profound because it challenges something very basic to our assumptions about life. The Buddha talked about avijja (delusion) being the root cause of all problems, of all rebirths, the root cause of defilements. He explained what avijja is through the teaching of the vipallasas (the perversions… Continue reading Anatta – Non-Self – Ajahn Brahm
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“Letting go – what happens with our personality?” – Ajahn Sumedho
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1346695428677956/permalink/2225186840828806/ “ When we hear of the Buddhist teaching of letting go, people might think, 'If I let go of my personality what will be left? Will I be just a zombie? If I don't have any personality, how am I going to relate to anybody? I'll just be a blank, a totally empty form… Continue reading “Letting go – what happens with our personality?” – Ajahn Sumedho
Nature shows us only the tail of the lion
Nature shows us only the tail of the lion. But there is no doubt in my mind that the lion belongs with it even if he cannot reveal himself to the eye all at once because of his huge dimension. - Albert Einstein
The Prejudices of social environment – Albert Einstein
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. - Albert Einstein
Give as you have received – Albert Einstein
"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving." - Albert Einstein
The Treatise on the Golden Lion – Fa Zhang
The Treatise on the Golden Lion https://dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?t=15347 Fa-tsang's Treatise on the Golden Lion is, evidently, one of my favourites. I read it first in Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience, by Donald W. Mitchell, pp 216-218. It discusses the idea of the co-arising of the world using the gold of a statue as a simile for… Continue reading The Treatise on the Golden Lion – Fa Zhang
The Future – full of fear?
I am compiling some articles here of some of the views of the future which are circulating in this year two thousand and eighteen. This article is about the super-rich, looking for ways to survive the "Apocolypse" Honestly, sounds like they have been watching too many scarey shows...... the Earth is alot more resilient than… Continue reading The Future – full of fear?
True Nature – like Fibre-Optics – Part 2
In some circumstances, it is very difficult, to walk the tightrope of caring, wanting to help, and protecting our own sanity..... "Caring is not Carrying" has been a short saying which has helped me to walk that tightrope... actually seems more like a wide bridge now... 🙂 We care about things, but that does not… Continue reading True Nature – like Fibre-Optics – Part 2
The Ten Essential Precepts – Soto Zen
from: http://sfzc.org/about-zen-center/principles-governance/ethics/ethical-principles/the-ten-essential-precepts The Ten Essential Precepts The Ten Essential Precepts are inseparable from both Buddha Nature and our relations with each other. They are the strands of Indra's Net. 1. A disciple of Buddha does not kill but rather cultivates and encourages life. This precept expresses the bodhisattva's intent to live compassionately and harmlessly. When… Continue reading The Ten Essential Precepts – Soto Zen
The Ocean of Infinity
The ocean forms a drop of water on a rock that drop of water on that rock needs surface tension or it would not “be” it would roll back into the ocean Likewise the Infinity Ocean forms a “me” in “a place and time” inside itself that “me” in “that place and… Continue reading The Ocean of Infinity
Reality is Dharma 