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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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Non-Self: The Problem of Having a Self 2
Uposatha Day, New Moon, March 4, 2011 A mind overcome with unskillful qualities borne of greed, aversion and delusion, his mind consumed, dwells in suffering…
Non-Self: The Problem of Having a Self 1
Uposatha Day, Last Quarter Moon, February 26, 2011 The anatta [non-self] doctrine teaches that neither within the bodily and mental phenomena of existence, nor outside…
Non-Self: What is It?
Uposatha Day, Full Moon, February 18, 2011 Monks, suppose that a large glob of foam were floating down this Ganges River, and a man with…
Non-Self and You.
Uposatha Day, First Quarter Moon, February 11, 2011 In the past four weeks we have conducted some thought experiments that raise questions about what exists…
Not-Self: Thought Experiment 4 (Final Frontier)
Uposatha Day, New Moon, February 3, 2011 “O.K., Scotty, we’re ready to beam up now.” “Energizing, sir.” Bzzzzz Wrrrrrrrr … Fwup Fwup. Captain Kirk and…
Not-Self: Thought Experiment 3
Uposatha Day, Last Quarter Moon, January 27, 2011 Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world: A star at dawn, a bubble in a…
Not-Self: Thought Experiment 2
Uposatha Day, January 19, Full Moon Are shadows objects? Do they exist? Two answers suggest themselves immediately: yes and no. Let’s try to rationalize each.…
Not-Self: Thought Experiment 1
Uposatha Day, January 12, First Quarter Moon Are donut holes objects? Do they exist? Two answers suggest themselves immediately: yes and no. Let’s try to…
From Thought to Destiny: the eBook
From Thought to Destiny Traditional and Modern Understandings of Kamma click to download PDF
Religiosity in Buddhism (Part 2 of 2)
Uposatha, New Moon, January 4 Last week I described religiosity as having an integral role in Buddhism, as the leaves and roots of the flower…
Religiosity in Buddhism (Part 1 of 2).
Uposatha Teaching, Last Quarter Moon, December 29 One common tendency of Western Buddhism is that we pick and choose: “I think meditation is useful, but…
From Thought to Destiny: Conclusion
Uposatha Teaching: Full Moon, December 21, 2010. Index to Current Series “Thought – Act – Habit – Character – Destiny” “Sow a thought, and you…
From Thought to Destiny: The Pragmatics of Destiny
Uposatha Teaching: First Quarter, December 14, 2010. Index to Current Series “Thought – Act – Habit – Character – Destiny” Nirvana is both the beginning…
New Post: The Dharma of Linux
A Buddhist Monk’s Reflections upon Installing Ubuntu on his Laptop Linux is a computer operating system, a competitor, with a small market share, of Microsoft…
From Thought to Destiny: Nirvana, the Perfection of Character 2/2
Uposatha Teaching: New Moon, December 6, 2010. Index to Current Series “Thought – Act – Habit – Character – Destiny” Last week we began discussing…