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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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And now, all posts since 2009:
Refraining from Every Evil (1/5)
(commentary on Dhammapāda, 183) Refraining from every evil, Accomplishing good, Purifying the mind, This is Teaching of the Buddhas. (Dhammapāda 183) Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṃ kusalassa upasampadā…
What is Believable? (6/6)
For five episodes we have been considering ways in which we might respond to a Buddhist teaching that we initially find unacceptable in some way…
What is Believable? (5/6)
After looking at the relative nature of truth as we accept a thesis, we trace the problem of finding a thesis unbelievable back to its…
What is Believable? (4/6)
Series Index Some Buddhist teachings are unbelievable to some Buddhists. This section discusses the first of three strategies for reconciling this eventuality, short of simply…
What is Believable? (3/6)
Series Index We have seen that certain Buddhist teachings are unbelievable for many moderns. Today we consider the practical consequences of simply rejecting them while…
What is Believable? (2/6)
Series Index Last week I promised to consider five strategies for coming to terms with Buddhist teachings (rebirth, for instance) that are found problematic for…
What is Believable? (1/6)
Series Index This is the first of a six-part series on coming to terms with Buddhist teaching, particularly where it seems to conflict with common…
Announcing Through the Looking Glass: the book
The completed published version of Through the Looking-Glass: an American Buddhist Life by Bhikkhu Cintita is now available, either for free download or through a…
“A Culture of Awakening” Book is available in hardcopy
My book, A Culture of Awakening: the life and times of the Buddha-Sasana is available at Lulu.com for a nominal printing cost ($4.29) plus postage.…
Call for Blurbs
I am finally, after five years, ready to seek a publisher for Through the Looking-Glass: An American Buddhist Life, available for download here on this…
Karmic Dividends (2/2)
How Buddhist Communities Accrue Them Almost everybody would agree, Buddhist or not, that the practice of generosity is a good idea, and also that the…
Karmic Dividends (1/2)
I’ve been finishing up the series “All My Ancient Karma” more slowly than expected. In the meantime I offer: Karmic Dividends Generosity is the very…
Unplugging yourself from media for the masses
This adjustment to your life style may produce more benefit than any other aspect of a Buddhist life, for instance, more than an intensive daily…
All My Ancient Karma (2/5)
Discovering My Ancient Twisted Karma All my ancient twisted karma, From beginningless greed, hate and delusion, Born through body speech and mind, I now fully…