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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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Faith VII
Uposatha Day, Full Moon, June 16, 2011 Wielding Faith I We live in a world of overwhelming uncertainty, and at the same time we need…
Request for Uposatha Day Proposals
Dear readers, During the last year or so I have posted to this blog every Uposatha Day. I’ve run several series of posts on such…
Faith VI
Uposatha Day, First Quarter Moon, June 9, 2011 Kalama Sutta Workbook Last week we discussed the Buddha’s advice on faith offered in the Kalama and…
Faith V
Uposatha Day, New Moon, June 1, 2011 The Buddha on Faith The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me…
Faith IV
Uposatha Day, Last Quarter Moon, May 25, 2011 Origins of Faith It is important for us to understand the nature of faith because faith, like…
Faith III
Uposatha Day, Full Moon, May 17, 2011 Faith Part III: Devotion Not to associate with fools, to associate with the wise, to honor those who…
Faith II
Uposatha Day, First Quarter Moon, May 10, 2011 “It takes a lot of faith to do zazen [Zen Buddhist practice], otherwise you’d never do something…
Faith I
Uposatha Day, New Moon, May 2, 2011 The Buddha asked Sariputta, “Do you take it on faith that these five strengths — faith, persistence, mindfulness,…
The Self Collapses, Concluding this Series.
Uposatha Day, Last Quarter Moon, April 26, 2011 In the many weeks past we have seen that the self is a fabrication that begins with…
Non-Self and Buddhist Practice – Part Five
Uposatha Day, Full Moon, April 18, 2011 Right Concentration (Samma-Samadhi) is the final step on the Noble Eightfold Path, the culmination of the Path, the…
Non-Self and Buddhist Practice – Part Four
Uposatha Day, First Quarter Moon, April 11, 2011 To recap the discussion of previous weeks, the recalcitrant sense of self is a fabrication that gives…
Non-Self and Buddhist Practice – Part Three
Uposatha Day, New Moon, April 3, 2011 Sorry for this week’s tardiness. I am visiting my sister in Indianapolis, Dell laptop in hand, but without…
Non-Self and Buddhist Practice – Part Two
Uposatha Day, Last Quarter Moon, March 27, 2011 We have been looking in previous weeks at the various ways we create, then extend, then strengthen…
Non-Self and Buddhist Practice – Part One of, oh, about Three
Uposatha Day, Full Moon, March 19, 2011 Impermanent are compounded things, Prone to rise and fall. Having risen, they’re destroyed, Their passing truest bliss. Suffering…
Non-Self for the Newly Old
Uposatha Day, First Quarter Moon, March 12, 2011 I hereby present my first rerun. For a number of months I have posted anew each Uposatha…