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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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Uposatha Day Teaching
Noble Eightfold Path, Right View In order to craft a ceramic object a potter needs to understand his materials and tools: the varieties of clay,…
Uposatha Day Teaching
Noble Eightfold Path, Introduction Recall that every Uposatha Day, traditionally a day for connecting with Buddhist practice, I am posting a short teaching, and that…
Uposatha Dhamma
Uposatha, a Pali word, is often translated as “Sabbath.” In Buddhist lands this traditionally follows the phases of the moon such that every time the…
Interview in the Austin American Statesman
Buddhist monk says U.S. can benefit from example of monastic communities www.statesman.com When I visited with Venerable Cintita recently, I was eager to hear about…
Announcing New Web Site
I would like to officially announce my New Web Site as a home for various essays, some of which are reworked from postings from Burma…
Still in Minnesota
I may be in Minnesota until June! Recall that in the last episode I left Austin 13 days after returning from Burma in order to…
Burmese Government
When Myanmar makes the international news it almost invariably is in the context of government oppression. In September, 2007, it was the Saffron Revolution, the…
Minnesota Monk
I have been asked to fill in at the Sitagu Dhamma Vihara in St. Paul, Minnesota for a month, and flew up here on Thursday.…
I think I’m back in the USA
Evidence that I Am. I distinctly remember being on three different airplanes and in four different airports. I remember seeing my luggage in progressive stages…
Hanging out with Bhikkhus (and Bhikkhunis)
An important aspect of the Buddhist tradition is the intercourse between monastics and lay people, which is a powerful devotional and ritualized practice that might…
Postcard from Burma
CINTITA BACK IN THE STATES I will return to the USA in one month, leaving Yangon, Myanmar on March 2 and arriving in Austin March…
The Third Refuge
All Buddhists know the Three Refuges, which are… (All Together!), “Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.” These are said to be the elements of Faith (saddha) in…
Postcard from Burma: Alms Rounds
I have settled into life here in Yangon, Pali lessons with BhantePannyasiha, morning and evening walks in the neighborhood and the dogsthat greet me, the…
Postcard from Burma
Postcard from Burma On December 23 I left Sagaing and took the overnight bus to Yangon. Iwill live in Yangon for the next two months,…