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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 11
Buddhism in the Land of the Chopstick New Moon Uposatha Day , January 23, 2012 index to series The well-known late German Theravada…
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Summary of Buddha’s Meditation and Template for its Variants Last Quarter Moon Uposatha Day , January 16, 2012 index to series In the…
Long Awaited Autobiography Episodes
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Buddha’s Vipassana Full Moon Uposatha, January 8, 2012 index to series Full Moon Uposatha Day index to series Centered Samadhi. Last week I began…
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Buddha’s Samadhi: The Shape of the Flame First Quarter Moon January 1, 2012 index to series In summary of last week, Buddha’s samadhi is…
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Buddha’s Samadhi: Concentration New Moon Uposatha, December 24, 2012 index to series Mindfulness is the method of meditation, samadhi is the resulting experience of…
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Six Remarkable Features of Buddha’s Mindfulness Last Quarter Moon Uposatha Day index to series Last week … er, two weeks ago, I provided an overview…
No Uposatha Day Post This Week
Today’s post, which was called “Buddha’s Meditation and Its Variants 6: Five Interesting Features of Buddha’s Mindfulness” will have to wait until next week. Sorry.…
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Buddha’s Meditation and its Variants 3
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Buddha’s Meditation and its Variants 2
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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…