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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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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…
All My Ancient Twisted Karma (1/5)
Perceiving what can be expressed through concepts, Beings take their stand on what is expressed. Not fully understanding the expressed, They come under the bondage…
Universal Beatniks
A counterculture – think of the romantics, the bohemians, the beatniks or the hippies – defines itself in opposition to the dominant or mainstream culture…
Newly Old: a Fantasy
I have been working with a student to proof my pending autobiography. A number of passages are fanciful, each of which is intended to make…
Through the Looking Glass: the book
Hot off the Press! I have completed my autobiographical narrative, after about five years of writing. This is a proof, for which I request any…
Delightful Resourses for Burma-philes
Short film with views of Myanmar Blog with interesting posts on Buddhism in Burma
“Culture of Awakening” available on-line
My new book, A Culture of Awakening: the life and times of the Buddha-Sasana is now available on this site. Just click the cover image…
The Latest on Cintita and Austin
I haven’t been submitting weekly Uposatha Day posts for some time. Realizing that I have quite a few subscribers undoubtedly waiting in suspense, I thought…
Alms Round in America?
Adapted from my autobio for publication in our monastery newsletter. When the Buddha returned to visit his princely home after his alms-financed Awakening, he continued…
Happiness or Meaning?
Following on the heals of my recently posted essay, “The Cushion or the World?,” the present post may establish what we can call the “or”…