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Coming Up: Thanksgiving & The Fourth Noble Truth
Friends, Imagine someone who tried to be physically fit. He studied exercise physiology and learned everything about anatomy, increasing muscle mass, oxygen capacity, and whatnot. Once he did that, he declared, “OK, I’m done, now I’m physically fit!” Obviously that...
Reflections for “Abbot’s Commentary: You Can Do It”
The post titled Abbot’s Commentary: You Can Do It 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: When you have seen how people are like silkworms that create our cocoons that bind...
Reflections for “The Five Higher Fetters are Like a Subtle Final Boss”
The post titled The Five Higher Fetters are Like a Subtle Final Boss 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: Venerable Sāriputta, Buddha's disciple foremost in wisdom,...
Book Launch: Buddhism for All
Dear friends, Today is 17 November 2023, the birthday of Bodhidharma, the first Chinese Chan (Zen) Patriarch according to the lunar calendar. We choose this day to launch our first book, Buddhism for All. When I became a Buddhist at twenty-one, learning Buddhism...
Reflections for “Four Stages of Enlightenment”
The post titled Four Stages of Enlightenment 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: Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh has a beautiful gatha (verse), "I have arrived. I...
Reflections for “Call Now and Get 50% More Nirvana Absolutely Free”
The post titled Call Now and Get 50% More Nirvana Absolutely Free 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: Ultimately, nirvana, the unconditioned, is beyond words, and...
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...
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