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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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Buddha’s Meditation and its Variants 4
Right Effort New Moon Uposatha Day index to series Buddhist practice often seems extremely austere to those, like myself, who grew up in the self-indulgent,…
Buddha’s Meditation and its Variants 3
How to Build a Fire Last Quarter Moon Uposatha Day index to series Meditation in Buddhism is an integral part of the totality of Buddhist…
Buddha’s Meditation and its Variants 2
Discovering Buddha’s Meditation Full Moon Uposatha Day index to series The Suttas report that the Bodhisattva left home to become a wandering ascetic, and lived…
Buddha’s Meditation and its Variants 1
Introduction Uposatha Teaching for First Quarter Moon A number of people have asked if I would write about meditation in this blog. Meditation practice is…
The End of Blog Vacation
I will resume my weekly series of Uposatha Day posts next week, for the First Quarter Moon on November 3. I have used my little…
Uposatha Day Teachings Going on Vacation
I have been posting Uposatha Day teachings weekly for almost a year and a half on this blog. I have decided at least temporarily to…
The Art of Lay Life 11: Lay and Monastic (cont.)
Uposatha Teaching for the Last Quarter Moon (Index to Series) In this series I have been careful to distinguish the monastic lifestyle from the being…
New Episode: “Through the Looking Glass”
Book II: The Young and the Samsaric Episode Two: Becoming Synopsis. With difficulty met by determination, John becomes what he once was. Find complete contents…
The Art of Lay Life 10: Lay and Monastic
Uposatha Day Essay for the Full Moon Index to Art of Lay Life Series Over the last nine weeks I have presented the Art of…
The Art of Lay Life 9: Simplifying
Uposatha Day Teaching (Index to Series) Layman Pang is the very model of the enlightened layman from Eighth Century Chinese Zen (or Chan) lore. He…
New Episode: “Through the Looking Glass”
Book II: The Young and the Samsaric Episode One: Good Friends Synopsis. After false starts as Mathematician, Carpenter, Hippie and Traveler, John thinks he has…
New Episode: “Through the Looking Glass”
Introduction to Book II: The Young and the Samsaric I have posted the brief introduction to the second book of my tale, in which John…
The Art of Lay Life 8: Balancing Elements (cont)
Uposatha Day Essay for the New Moon (Index to Series) We started last week to look at ways to start to empty what we normally…
The Art of Lay Life 7: Balancing Elements
Uposatha Day Essay for Last Quarter Moon (Index to Series) I hope in the last few weeks the advice I have conveyed has been useful…
The Art of Lay Life 6: Rejecting Elements (cont)
Uposatha Day Teaching for the Full Moon (Index to Series) Last week we considered the Precepts and Right Livelihood, both of which advise us not…