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He who, having traversed this miry, perilous,
and delusive round of existence,
who has crossed over, and reached the other shore,
who is meditative, calm, free from doubt,
and, clinging to nothing, has attained to nibbāna:
him do I call a holy one. (Dpd 414)
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Book Three, Chapter One of Through the Looking Glass, in which John seeks the skill of life, discovers Zen and helps start a Zen Center.…
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Theravada Meditation New Moon Uposatha Day , February 21, 2012 index to series Buddhism spread from its home in Northern India in all…
Cintita-Related Resources
Readers of this blog, especially anyone living in Austin, might be interested in the following. Blog: News from the Dhamma Ceti Library. The Dhamma Ceti…
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The Experience of Zen Meditation Last Quarter Moon Uposatha Day , February 15, 2012 index to series In summary the method of Zen…
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Methods of Zen Meditation Full Moon Uposatha Day , February 7, 2012 index to series In our comparison between Buddha’s meditation and its…
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Zen Meditation: the Prerequisites First Quarter Moon Uposatha Day , January 31, 2012 index to series Today we begin looking at Zen meditation,…
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Buddhism in the Land of the Chopstick New Moon Uposatha Day , January 23, 2012 index to series The well-known late German Theravada…
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Summary of Buddha’s Meditation and Template for its Variants Last Quarter Moon Uposatha Day , January 16, 2012 index to series In the…
Long Awaited Autobiography Episodes
I have finished a draft of Through the Looking Glass, Book Two: “The Young and the Samsaric.” The first two books can be found here.…
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Buddha’s Vipassana Full Moon Uposatha, January 8, 2012 index to series Full Moon Uposatha Day index to series Centered Samadhi. Last week I began…
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Buddha’s Samadhi: The Shape of the Flame First Quarter Moon January 1, 2012 index to series In summary of last week, Buddha’s samadhi is…
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Buddha’s Samadhi: Concentration New Moon Uposatha, December 24, 2012 index to series Mindfulness is the method of meditation, samadhi is the resulting experience of…
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Six Remarkable Features of Buddha’s Mindfulness Last Quarter Moon Uposatha Day index to series Last week … er, two weeks ago, I provided an overview…
No Uposatha Day Post This Week
Today’s post, which was called “Buddha’s Meditation and Its Variants 6: Five Interesting Features of Buddha’s Mindfulness” will have to wait until next week. Sorry.…
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Buddha’s Mindfulness Overview First Quarter Moon Uposatha Day index to series Meditation in the Buddha’s discourses is described in terms of three aspects: effort, mindfulness…