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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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Was Jesus a Buddhist Monk?
The neat separation many of us make in our minds between Eastern and Western religion and culture belies many common historical origins and interconnections. We…
From Thought to Destiny: Thought
Uposatha Teaching: New Moon Day, August 10, 2010 All that we are is the result of thought, Thought is its master, it is produced by…
From Thought to Destiny: Introduction
Quarter Moon Teaching “Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap…
The Goal of Buddhist Practice
Quarter Moon Teaching This particular Uposatha Day is also the Day of the Full Moon. This particular Day of the Full Moon is also Dhamma…
Beyond the Noble Eightfold Path
Quarter Moon Teaching The Suttas recount the following conversation: As he was sitting there, Ven. Ananda said to the Blessed One, “This is half of…
Some Temporary ordinations.
In Burma and in Thailand it is very common for a man, especially a young man, to ordain as a monk temporarily, often for just…
Noble Eightfold Path: the Big Picture
Uposatha Day Teaching During each of the last eight Uposatha Days we have taken up a successive step on the Noble Eightfold Path, the Buddha’s…
Noble Eightfold Path: Right Concentration
Uposatha Day Teaching The Eighth and final Fold of the Eightfold Path is Right Concentration. Concentration in Pali or Sanskrit is samadhi, a familiar word…
New Essays
I just posted a new essay, or actually a collection of essays at this site. Please see: Up to the Land of the Chopstick and…
Noble Eightfold Path: Right Mindfulness
Uposatha Day Teaching for the Full Moon Right Mindfulness is perhaps the best known of the Eight Folds of the Noble Path. But few understand…
Noble Eightfold Path: Right Effort
An Uposatha Day teaching for the First Quarter Moon. We don’t like to think Buddhist practice takes effort. Buddhism abounds with metaphors that might suggest…
Uposatha Day Teaching
Noble Eightfold Path: Right Livelihood We are now at the fifth fold of the Noble Eightfold Path, the Buddha’s master checklist for mastering the skill…
Uposatha Day Teaching
Noble Eightfold Path: Right Action In the last episode we considered Right Speech, the first of the Ethical Conduct Group of the Noble Eightfold Path.…
Uposatha Day Teaching
Noble Eightfold Path: Right Speech To bring the new reader up to date, the Noble Eightfold Path is the Buddha’s master checklist on the path…
Uposatha Day Teaching
Noble Eightfold Path: Right Resolve For new readers: Each quarter moon, on Uposatha Day, I am posting a short Buddhist teaching. The present posting is…