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Buddha Space: April 2015
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Readings, Reflections and Reviews. Monday, April 27, 2015. Robert Aitken on Enlightenment and Love. Robert Aitken Roshi (1917-2010). Everything falls under the law of change,. Like a dream, a phantom, a bubble, a shadow,. Like dew or a flash of lightning;. You should contemplate like this. This poem comes at the end of the Diamond Sutra,. And refers not only to the brevity of life, but to its very texture at any moment. It is not substantial; in fact, as the Heart Sutra. Says, it is empty. In realizing a...
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Buddha Space: March 2015
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Readings, Reflections and Reviews. Friday, March 27, 2015. Shunryu Suzuki on Zazen. Shunryu Suzuki (鈴木 俊隆, 1904-1971). The above is excerpted from ‘Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind’ by Shunryu Suzuki. A review of this incredible book can be found here. Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Dhammapada, Verses 11 and 12:. Those who mistake the unessential to be essential. And the essential to be unessential,. Dwelling in wrong thoughts,. Never arrive at the essential. Those who know the essential to be essential. Right view, ...
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Buddha Space: Buddhism by Numbers
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Readings, Reflections and Reviews. Buddhism is full of numbers. Its earliest known texts include discourses arranged by how many Dharma. Topics they contain, and a whole section of the Pali canon ( Tipitika. 1 True Type of Friend. 2 Kinds of Gifts. 3 Bases of Merit. 4 Focuses of Mindfulness. 5 Subjects for Recollection. 5 Trades to Be Avoided. 6 Attributes of the Dharma. 6 Kinds of Reverence. 7 Factors of Awakening. 8 Factors of the Path. 9 Attributes of the Buddha. 9 Attributes of the Sangha. A music-ap...
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Buddha Space: Buddhist Glossary
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Readings, Reflections and Reviews. Although every attempt is made on Buddha Space. To avoid unnecessary use of complicated or unfamiliar terminology, Buddhism has a long and sometimes complicated history, and the terms found in it have often evolved a meaning peculiar to it. To help the reader circumnavigate the murky waters of such semantics, the following glossary is offered. Are the usual ones to be found on Buddha Space. Anatman/Anatta (Pali): ‘ Not Self. Anitya/Anicca (Pali): ‘ Impermanence. Right U...
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Buddha Space: Teachings
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Readings, Reflections and Reviews. Book: What the Buddha Taught. Author: Dr Walpola Rahula. Synopsis: This is a very well known work on the basic teachings found in the Pali Canon ( Tipitika. It contains all the essential doctrines of Buddhism: the four noble truths, the noble eightfold path, meditation, and enlightenment. Dr, Rahula composed the book in simple, clear English, presented with copious notes and quotations from the Pali Canon. It remains a classic of its type. Author: D.T. Suzuki. Book: A S...
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Buddha Space: May 2015
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Readings, Reflections and Reviews. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Shodo Harada on the Eye of Emptiness. C 1940): Buddha eyes. People all over the world become more insecure and full of fear. Buddhism says that human beings have five types of eyes: physical eyes, heavenly eyes, eternal eyes, Dharma eyes, and Buddha eyes. Sunday, May 17, 2015. Verses 13 & 14. Just as rain breaks through. An ill-thatched house,. Just as rain does not break through. A well-thatched house,. So passion never penetrates. As such, it ...
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Buddha Space: Robert Aitken on Enlightenment & Love
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Readings, Reflections and Reviews. Monday, April 27, 2015. Robert Aitken on Enlightenment and Love. Robert Aitken Roshi (1917-2010). Everything falls under the law of change,. Like a dream, a phantom, a bubble, a shadow,. Like dew or a flash of lightning;. You should contemplate like this. This poem comes at the end of the Diamond Sutra,. And refers not only to the brevity of life, but to its very texture at any moment. It is not substantial; in fact, as the Heart Sutra. Says, it is empty. In realizing a...
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Buddha Space: Dhammapada Reflection #6
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Readings, Reflections and Reviews. Sunday, May 17, 2015. Verses 13 & 14. Just as rain breaks through. An ill-thatched house,. Just as rain does not break through. A well-thatched house,. So passion never penetrates. Is a key concept in Buddha’s teaching. It can be translated s ‘passion,’ ‘desire’ or ‘attachment.’ It denotes passion for things that lead to stress or suffering ( dukkha. A synonym found in Buddhist texts for raga is lobha. Which means ‘greed.’. The Dhammapada ('Verses of Dharma' or 'Path of...
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Buddha Space: February 2015
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Readings, Reflections and Reviews. Friday, February 27, 2015. Nyogen Senzaki on "This Sameness". 千崎 如幻, 1876–1958). The universe may also be seen from the standpoint of another threefold classification: the three so-called “worlds” of desire, the material, and the nonmaterial. “God,” “Brahma,” or “Allah” all belong to the world of desire, since they are nothing but the postulation of human desire. We’ve never had such a thing, nor will we ever have such a thing! The above is extracted from a wonderful bo...
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Buddha Space: Teachers
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Readings, Reflections and Reviews. Click on the teacher's name to go to read more on them.). The Indian prince that found enlightenment - and the one reading this now! A Thai forest monk strong on discipline and meditation.and funny! An American monk that has helped to establish Western Buddhism. A Japanese scholar that brought Zen Buddhism to the West. The British 'headless man' that pointed to our present reality. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Readings, Reflections and Reviews. Bankeis Song of the Mind.
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