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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: 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…
2. Living in virtue
This is the second of five videos in the online course “Mindfulness: where Dharma meets practice.” “Living in virtue” explains the fundamental ethical practices that…
On Buddhist ethics
On Buddhist ethics. The primary principle of Buddhist ethics is the development and cultivation of virtue as a quality of character. Virtuosity in virtue is a…
3. Living in devotion
This is the third of five videos in the online course “Mindfulness: where Dharma meets practice.” “Living in devotion” discusses the wider motivational context of…
4. Living in wisdom
This is the fourth of five videos in the online course “Mindfulness: where Dharma meets practice.” “Living in wisdom” takes us from right understanding of…
5. Living in the midst
This is the fifth of five videos in the online course “Mindfulness: where Dharma meets practice.” “Living in the midst” offers practical advice on integrating…
Contemplations of non-self
Non-self is a practice more than it is a philosophical viewpoint. However, this practice begins with a conceptual investigation of the presumed experiential manifestations of…
Rethinking Satipaṭṭhāna: from investigating Dhamma to dwelling in jhāna
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…
“The wonder of intrinsic motivation” (2020)
In extrinsic motivation a task is performed in order to achieve some goal outside of the task itself. In intrinsic motivation a task is satisfying…