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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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Growing the Dhamma: How the Religious Context Works
This is part 2/2 of the Second Chapter, “Buddhist Life and Practice,” and the fourth installment of the weekly serialization of Growing the Dharma: Buddhism’s…
Calgary Kids
Last month I got back from three weeks in Calgary, Canada, where I was invited to teach a daily class on Buddhism to the Burmese…
Growing the Dhamma: Buddhist Life and Practice
The third installment of the serialization of the book Growing the Dharma: Buddhism’s Religious Spadework is the first half of Chapter 2. A couple of…
Monks on Stage
Yesterday evening the four Austin Sitagu monks were the first act of a free concert called “Peace Wave.” Our job was to establish the mood…
Growing the Dharma: Introduction
This is the second serial installment of my recent ebook draft. I couple of people who posted comments to the first installment see value in…
Growing the Dharma: Preface
Hmmm, the hits to this blog are in sharp decline. This is certainly because I have rarely posted in recent weeks, and in fact intend…
Complete Draft of “Through the Looking Glass”
I have uploaded a completed draft of my autobiography: If you were following this before you will know that the final chapter has been long…
Growing the Dharma: Buddhism’s Religious Spadework
I have uploaded a highly reworked and nearly final draft of the eBook I had called Buddhist Religiosity. Please find it here: Growing the Dharma:…
Anti-Muslim Monks
A lot of people ask me about reports of anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar, since I live at a Burmese monastery and they assume I might…
Buddhist Religiosity, hot off the press
I have completed a substantially good draft of the book I have been working on: Foundations of Buddhist Religiosity: Devotion, Community and Salvation and their…
The Buddhist Child and the Sangha
Uposatha Day, Full Moon, April 24, 2013 Traditionally Monastics have played a great and pervasive role in the way Buddhist kids are exposed to Buddhism.…
The Buddhist Child Bows to the Buddha and to the Sangha
Uposatha Day, First Quarter Moon, April 18, 2013 A handicap in being a Westerner or a child of the European Enlightenment is that it makes…
The Buddhist Child and the Triple Gem
Uposatha Day, New Moon, April 10, 2013 Last week I brought up the topic of Buddhism for children. What do we teach them and how…
The Buddhist Child in a Nutshell
Uposatha Day, Last Quarter Moon, April 3, 2013 Last week I outlined a gradual course of practice beginning with the Refuges and generosity and ending…
The Buddhist Path in a Nutshell
Uposatha Day, Full Moon, March 26, 2013 Kutthi Sutta (Udana 5.3) mentions a gradual course of practice beginning with generosity that gives a much broader…