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Reflections for “Aspects of Nirvana”
The post titled Aspects of Nirvana is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: An enlightened mind has a genuine realization of the true nature of reality, while the...
Reflections for “Smells Like Nirvana”
The post titled Smells Like Nirvana is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: Review the Buddha's teaching on the Third Noble Truth, again, again, and again. "Now this,...
Coming Up: the Third Noble Truth
Friends, The Third Noble Truth is about complete freedom from affliction. Imagine a man afflicted by a horrible skin condition. He had sores and blisters all over his limbs, being devoured by worms. When he burned his afflicted skin over a fire, he...
Reflections for “Abbot’s Commentary: Everyone Can Put It Down”
The post titled Abbot’s Commentary: Everyone Can Put It Down is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: I recall one of my teachers, Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm giving a...
Reflections for “Solve Problems Not By Creating More”
The post titled Solve Problems Not By Creating More is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: Fundamentally, we chase rewards and pleasures because we think they will give us...
Reflections for “You Already Have Gold in that Ball of Dung”
The post titled You Already Have Gold in that Ball of Dung is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: The mind in its natural state is pure, perfect and free from suffering....
Reflections for “Not Mine, Not I, Not My Self”
The post titled Not Mine, Not I, Not My Self is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: The five metaphors that Buddha used to represent the five aggregates are amazing: foam...
Reflections for “Craving for Existence and Non-Existence”
The post titled Craving for Existence and Non-Existence is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: Craving for existence is eternalism. We want to exist. This "I" wants to be....
Reflections for “Craving for Sensual Pleasure”
The post titled Craving for Sensual Pleasure is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: Craving for sensual pleasure is suffering. The tonality of this kind of suffering has a...
Reflections for “Where Suffering Stops Being About Religion and Starts Being About Cause and Effect”
The post titled Where Suffering Stops Being About Religion and Starts Being About Cause and Effect is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: The teachings highlight that...
Reflections for “How to Stop a Bomb”
The post titled How to Stop a Bomb is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: In the face of overwhelming challenges, sometimes the solution can be surprisingly simple and...
Coming Up: the Second Noble Truth
Friends, If Soryu and I were forced to name one of the Four Noble Truths as the “linchpin” of the four, we would both choose the Second Noble. Because the Second Noble Truth primarily tells us that suffering has causes that accord with natural laws of cause and...
Reflections for “Abbot’s Commentary: Suffering is Not Inherent”
The post titled Abbot’s Commentary: Suffering is Not Inherent is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: I am deeply inspired by a simple teaching from Zen Master Thich Nhat...
Reflections for “Turns Out You Didn’t Have to Order the Self-Destruct Option”
The post titled Reflections for "Turns Out You Didn’t Have to Order the Self-Destruct Option is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: It is empowering and hopeful that the...
Reflections for “Life is Not All Suffering, and That is a Problem”
The post titled Life is Not All Suffering, and That is a Problem is now up on Buddhism for All. Angela from the Buddhism.net team reflected on it, and invites you to do so too. 🌕 Angela's Reflections: I recall Buddhist monk, Venerable Mathieu Ricard, saying that if...
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