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What the Heck is an Okie? Buddhist?

okiebuddhist wrote 6 days ago: What exactly is an Okie Buddhist? First, if we return to dust bowl history, the people leaving the p … more →

Tags: Buddhism, Oklahoma, anxiety, Baha'i, Beads, buddhism, Buddhist, cherokee, Christianity

Tales Of Genji

purelandhermitage wrote 3 weeks ago: I am ploughing my way through Lady Murasaki’s Tale of Genji. I am on page 1066 (out of 4088 pa … more →

Tags: Art, Practice, Teachings, Buddhism, Buddhist, criticism, Dharma, Genji, Incense

5 misconceptions about Buddhism.1 comment

dharmachris wrote 3 weeks ago: Buddha, making orange robes fashionable. Sort of. Photo via Google   1.) Buddha is God/a divine … more →

Tags: Religion, Culture, Philosophy, Religion, Philosophy, God, Buddhism, Dharma, Misconceptions

EDIG Student Visits Buddhist Association of United States

engageddharma wrote 3 weeks ago: The alter image below was taken by our formal student from New York, Brian Kenna, this weekend when … more →

Tags: Engaged News, community engagement, Baús, Brian Kenna, Buddhist Association of United States, Chuang Yen Monastery, Pluralism

Yellow Lines

purelandhermitage wrote 3 weeks ago: I was never very good at poetry but that never stopped me trying to write it. (You have been warned. … more →

Tags: Art, Biography, Practice, Birds, Buddhism, Buddhist, chan, Hermit, park

My Lineage

purelandhermitage wrote 3 weeks ago: It is the evening of Friday May 24th. I am preparing to celebrate Wesak. Outside the pubs are closin … more →

Tags: Biography, Practice, Teachings, Buddhism, Buddhist, chan, Dharma, Hermit, pureland

Music, Chanting, Silence #2

purelandhermitage wrote 1 month ago: I found this YouTube video about Gagaku, if readers were wondering about this and wanted to know mor … more →

Tags: Practice, Teachings, Art, Buddhism, Religion and Spirituality, enlightenment, Music, chant, Silence

Chewing Cardboard

purelandhermitage wrote 1 month ago: I have read descriptions of Pureland (or Pure Land) Buddhism which say that those who follow this pa … more →

Tags: Teachings, Buddha, Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, Religion and Spirituality, amitabha, Amida

Buddha In The Bowl

purelandhermitage wrote 1 month ago: Warm weather here in England. I watched a magpie in the garden. She had found some stale bread but i … more →

Tags: Teachings, England, Buddha, Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, Buddhahood, Religion and Spirituality, Eucharist

Do Not Drive The Ox-Cart Into The Stream

purelandhermitage wrote 1 month ago: I was a Roman Catholic for nearly thirty years and never felt any ‘connection’ to Mary, the mother o … more →

Tags: Teachings, Buddha, Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, Buddhahood, pureland, guanyin, quanyin, Buddha Nature

Introduction

purelandhermitage wrote 1 month ago: I am a hermit. I am a Buddhist. In that order i.e. I think it is more important to practice contempl … more →

Tags: Biography, Buddha, Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, mahayana, Contemplation, Zen, Buddhahood, West

Volume XV, Leaf 66

Toshiyori wrote 1 month ago: Emptiness One translation of Hannya Shin Gyo — the Heart Sutra – has Avalokiteshvara (Ka … more →

Tags: Buddhism, Shingon, mahayana, Japan, emptiness, reincarnation, mantrayana, soul

Upcoming Conference: The Pure Land in Buddhist Cultures

UBC Buddhism wrote 1 month ago: All are welcome to register and attend the conference and keynote lectures. *Registration fee includ … more →

Tags: Speakers, Conferences, Pure Land in Buddhist Cultures, Halkias, Shimoda, Conference, Press Release, iasbs, PLBC 2013

Happy Spring!

buddhistblogger75 wrote 1 month ago: Greetings everyone, I hope all is well with all of you out there in the world of blogging. I’v … more →

Tags: Buddhism, buddhist temples, Lineages, Zen, Zen Acharya

On Reciting the Holy Name Clearly or Distractedly1 comment

Tashi Nyima wrote 2 months ago: There is no difference between the Holy Name recited with clarity of mind or the Holy Name recited w … more →

Tags: negative karma, Honen Shonin, om amideva hrih, definitive aspiration, universal Vow, clarity of mind, illusive thoughts, Amideva Buddha, Namo Amitabhaya Buddhaya

No Dogma in This Font

Hot Mud wrote 2 months ago: This is a watercolor ink “painting” that hangs in my house. It’s painted by the Bu … more →

Tags: Tea, Quotes, midnight musings, Graphic Design, fonts, Buddhism, Thich Nhat Hanh, Gautama Buddha, paint

In the Present and the Future

Tashi Nyima wrote 2 months ago: If sentient beings are mindful of Amideva and recite his Holy Name, without fail they will see the B … more →

Tags: Buddha, Amideva, Holy Name, Sutra of the Samadhi of Heroic Advance

Volume XV, Leaf 61

Toshiyori wrote 3 months ago: Optimism  It is not difficult to find “spiritual” web sites expressing effusive optimism … more →

Tags: Buddhism, mahayana, New World Order, W.W. III, Hell Beings, W.W. II, zionism, Evil, spirituality

Transformer5 comments

Vide Kadampa wrote 3 months ago: The purpose of this meditation is to decide on what action to take if we are going to stop asking sa … more →

Tags: 06 Developing Renunciation for Samsara, samsara, Transform


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