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Meditating on Emptiness — teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Le 13 May 2013, by
Once again, bring your attention away from hallucination to the realities of life, the nature of which is impermanence and death. This frees our mind from delusion and karma so that we can not only bring to an end the entire round of suffering, the cycle of death and rebirth, but also eradicate even the subtle errors of mind, thereby attaining enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. All causative phenomena — our life, our body, our mind, our self, our (...) continue
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Zem — « La personne qui est dans l’intégrité fait ce qui est juste sans même essayer. » Tchouang Tseu
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Sarnath — Holy Place of the first TeachingsAfter attaining enlightenment at Bodh Gaya the Buddha went to Sarnath; and (...)
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May 31 - June 8 : Vipassana Insight (In the classical format of the Burmese Mahasi lineage)
Date: Friday, May 31, 2013 - Saturday, June 8, 2013 Vipassana is the goal of the Satipatthãna method of mental cultivation. Vipassana means to achieve spontaneous insight into the truth of impermanence, suffering, and the insubstantial nature of all corporeal and mental phenomena. This is done by developing mindfulness (continuity of observation) and awareness (penetrating into the meaning of what is observed). The true nature of being is thus revealed which produces purification, (...) continue
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Won Buddhism of Boston
Establishment of the Boston Temple In July of 2001, Reverend Youngju Kim came to Boston with the intent of establishing a Won-Buddhist temple in the greater Boston area. It took nearly one and half years to find the right place and to register it as a non-profit organization in Massachusetts. During this time, Reverend Kim had to move four times, renting a small room for her own residence. Experiencing many hardships, both culturally and financially. Reverend Kim began organizing a (...) continue
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Buddhachannel USA
Buddhachannel is a media and television focused on the values of Eastern (...) continue
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Buddhism and Present Life - by Ven. Dr Sri Dhammanand
BUDDHISM AND PRESENT LIFE by Ven. Dr Sri Dhammanand DEFINITION In the academic study of religion as a phenomenon, in history the term “religion” can be considered in its different aspects: as an inner experience, as theology, or intellectual formulation of doctrine, as a basic or source of ethics as an element in culture. Different scholars have given different views and opinions of its nature and meaning. According to Aldous Huxley (1), religion is, among other things, a system of education, by means of which human being may train themselves, first to make desirable changes in their own personalities and in society, and second, to heighten conscientiousness and so establish more (...) continue
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Shantideva’s Bodhisattvacharyavatara — Chapter X
Shantideva’s Bodhisattvacharyavatara Chapter X - Dedication 1. Through my constructive act of having (reflected upon and) composed Engaging in Bodhisattva Behavior, May all wandering beings become (adornments for the world,) Engaged in the behavior of bodhisattvas. 2. As many beings as there are in all directions, Diseased with sufferings of body and mind, May they all obtain oceans of happiness and joy Through the forces of my positive acts. 3. To the end of (their) recurring samsara, May their happiness never become (old and) decrepit; (Instead), may those who wander obtain, without interruption, The (bodhisattvas’) unsurpassed bliss. 4. Whatever joyless realm beings, as (...) continue
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His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje
His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje "It is not important what makes me, as an individual, smile; it is important what makes humanity smile. Humanity smiles the moment our motivations and actions are the same." His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje Karmapa means "the one who carries out buddha-activity" or "the embodiment of all the activities of the buddhas." The Karmapas have incarnated in this form of nirmanakaya, or manifestation body, for seventeen lifetimes, as of the present, and all have played the most important role in preserving and propagating the Buddhist teachings of Tibet. The arrival of a master who would be known as the (...) continue
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Taking a Zen Approach to Caregiving
New York, USA — You try to help your elderly father. Irritated and defensive, he snaps at you instead of going along with your suggestion. And you think “this is so unfair” and feel a rising tide of anger. How to handle situations like this, which arise often and create so much angst for caregivers? Jennifer Block finds the answer in what she calls “contemplative caregiving” — the application of Buddhist principles to caregiving and the subject of a year-long course that starts at the San Francisco Zen Center in a few weeks. This approach aims to cultivate compassion, both for older people and the people they depend on, said Ms. Block, 49, a Buddhist chaplain and the course’s lead (...) continue
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