by Chade-Meng Tan | Jul 4, 2024 | Buddhism for All
“I don’t think that is what the Master meant when he said, ‘Be like a buddha’.” (Context: Come, See.) This is a conversion story. During the Buddha’s time, there was a famous lay follower of the Jain religion called Upāli. (This is...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jul 2, 2024 | Buddhism for All
When it comes to spreading the Dharma, the Buddhist attitude can be summarized in a single Pali word: ehipassiko, which literally means “come, see”. Buddhism is not a faith tradition; it is an evidence-centric insight tradition. For that reason, the Buddha...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jul 2, 2024 | Buddhism.net Blog
Friends, All good things must come to an end. We have now arrived at the end of the Buddhism for All series. Buddhism is not a faith tradition; it is an evidence-centric insight tradition. The Buddha does not invite you to believe, he invites you to...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jun 30, 2024 | Buddhism for All
Sumi Loundon We usually close each topic with an Abbot’s Commentary, but this time, we have a special treat for you. We invited the Abbot’s first meditation teacher, Sumi Loundon, to share her commentary on the different schools that she and Soryu learned...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jun 27, 2024 | Buddhism for All
It has been said that there exists in the world at least 31 flavors of ice-cream (I aspire to someday verify that claim empirically myself)[1]. The many schools of Buddhism are like all those different flavors of ice-cream: they all taste different, but they are...
