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Blessed Relief: What Christians Can Learn from Buddhists About Suffering
Blessed Relief: What Christians Can Learn from Buddhists About Suffering . This book takes you on a lively, sometimes light-hearted, journey through nine Buddhist practices that can bring “bless… more →
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A Reapproach to the Art of Meditation
wparlier wrote 5 days ago: Meditation is one of the most important parts of Buddhism. The Buddha himself expressed the vitaliti … more →
A New Walk
wparlier wrote 6 days ago: The Buddha that sits in the tank of my crowntail beta "Stravinsky." First off, I would lik … more →
Anusaya Kamma and Original Sin
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Ashin Sopāka wrote 10 months ago: The following is a posting I made on an email Buddhist discussion list: A couple of posts ago or so, … more →
Happiness by Osmosis
Ashin Sopāka wrote 11 months ago: Interesting blog entry at Tricycle with a link to the original study. I am not usually one to post s … more →
The Lotus Sutra is too profound, we need to chant Amida, get reborned in the Western land where we can practice the Lotus Sutra there
hanyen wrote 12 months ago: Some Nembutsu believers will say that the Lotus Sutra is too profound and that is why we need to cha … more →
Why do you recognize Nichiren as the Buddha of the Latter Day instead of Maitreya Buddha who is stated by Shakyamuni whom will succeed him?
hanyen wrote 12 months ago: It is true that in many sutras, Bodhisattva Maitreya was prophesied by Shakyamuni Buddha to be the f … more →
5 Minute Dhamma - Right Speech
Ashin Sopāka wrote 1 year ago: The Buddha teaches us that “mind is the forerunner of all action (bodily and verbal)”, s … more →
Sangha
Ashin Sopāka wrote 1 year ago: The Buddha used “Sangha” in two ways, the first and most common, still used today in Asi … more →
What's Wrong with What the Buddha Said?
Ashin Sopāka wrote 1 year ago: Stumbled across this from the Samyutta Nikaya (PTS Vol. II, XX.7, “The Drum Peg”, pg 179 … more →
Blessed Relief: What Christians Can Learn from Buddhists About Suffering
Admin wrote 1 year ago: Blessed Relief: What Christians Can Learn from Buddhists About Suffering . This book takes you on a … more →
Funeral for a Monk
Ashin Sopāka wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday was my first Buddhist monk funeral. Shwe Hin Tha Sayadaw passed away the day before the en … more →
5 Minute Dhamma - Right Intention
Ashin Sopāka wrote 1 year ago: The Buddha taught that “mind is the forerunner of all action”, bodily and verbal. As suc … more →
5 Minute Dhamma - Right View
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Ashin Sopāka wrote 1 year ago: Right View consists of two components, at a mundane level, having the correct view of the law of kam … more →
The Way of the Buddha: The Illustrated Dhammapada
Admin wrote 1 year ago: The Way of the Buddha: The Illustrated Dhammapada . The Dhammapada, a core text for Buddhists all ov … more →
The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology
Admin wrote 1 year ago: The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology . In this provocative book, noted Buddhi … more →
Gardening, Language and Truth
Ashin Sopāka wrote 1 year ago: As most people know, many Asian languages are tonal, meaning that the same word “sung” i … more →
"Buddha and the Angry Man"
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Ashin Sopāka wrote 1 year ago: “One day Buddha was walking through a village. A very angry and rude young man came up and beg … more →
The Joys of Teaching English or From the Mouths of Monks
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Ashin Sopāka wrote 1 year ago: My experience of teaching English to non-native speakers was forged about 17 years ago with a one ye … more →
Life in a Monastery
Ashin Sopāka wrote 1 year ago: For most of my Western friends, their impression of life in a monastery generally comes from movies: … more →
