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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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Q&A w/BC: Happiness not suffering
Bruce: Buddhism sounds negative and depressing, because it deals with suffering. And I think a lot of people are turned off with anything dealing with…
Q&A w/BC: Moments of insight
Anne: Can you describe in writing one of your most powerful experiences during meditation? BC: There is a tendency for modern practitioners to seek after…
Q&A w/BC: The virtuous vegetarian
Gerry: Killing is another good example of a wrong interpretation of the Buddha’s teachings and intention, as well as strict vegetarianism. The rational “intent” of…
Remembering Sue Hamilton (1950–2016)
I just came across this article by Jayavara Attwood that removed much of the mystery in my mind surrounding a remarkable scholar of early Buddhism,…
Q&A w/BC How do we promote Buddhism without corrupting the Dhamma?
This is a continuing discussion between Gerry Trione and BC. Gerry Bhante- Your insight and perspective on these issues is very helpful for “bridging the…
Q&A w/BC What would you do?
Colleen Kastenek has has an interesting Q, but rather than adding an A, it is appropriate that I let you readers do that. Please comment…
This is a test
Some subscribers (including me) seem not to be receiving blog posts by email from my new site. I’m sending this out as a test. Please…
Q&A w/BC: How should Buddhism be repackaged for modern people?
Gerry Trione and I have been engaged in a 1-to-1 email discussion following up on a previous post on the difficulty of promoting Buddhism in…
Q&A w/BC: What are fabrications/formations (sankharas)?
QUESTION, another important one from Celsa: Studying the Paticca-samuppada- Vibhaṅgasutta, and reading a couple of translations, I have a hard time understanding the concepts of…
Q&A w/BC: Is Theravada Buddhism less developed than Mahayana Buddhism?
QUESTION from Claudia: What is the key difference(s) between Theravada and Mahayana traditions? Why is Theravada called the lesser vehicle? Someone said recently that Theravada…
Announcement: we’re moving soon
As part of the revitalization of this site, we’ve been remodeling it. We will soon be active at https://cintita.org/ , possibly within a week. The…
Q&A w/BC: Is it useless to try to fix the world’s problems?
Question from Celsa Because this world and our life is ‘suffering’, there is no hope that the suffering will go away, and it’s useless to…
Q&A w/BC: How do we repackage Buddhism to make it simple, relevant and compelling for young people?
QUESTION from Gerry Trione: Bhante, As you probably know, there are about 700 million Buddhists around the world, most of whom are in Asia. There…
Satipaṭṭhāna Rethought: a meditation manual based on earliest Buddhist texts
Satipaṭṭhāna (often translated as “Foundations of mindfulness”) is the Buddha’s method of wisdom contemplation, best known through the ancient practice tutorial The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. It is recognized as the…
1. Living in mindfulness
This is the first of five videos in the online course “Mindfulness: where Dharma meets practice.” “Living in mindfulness” serves as a general introduction to…