Entering the Stream Makes You Cool

Entering the Stream Makes You Cool

We learned earlier that the Buddhist path to enlightenment is defined in four stages.  It is no accident that the first stage is called stream-entry.  Ancient Buddhist texts poetically compare the journey towards full enlightenment as a gentle flow from the...
How a Little Dragon Found the Sea

How a Little Dragon Found the Sea

Once upon a time, a god dropped a dragon pearl into a pond deep inland by accident.  The pearl later transformed into a little baby dragon.  As he got older, he learned that he was actually a sea dragon, so the only way he could grow into a full adult was to...
Coming Up: Where’s My Nirvana Dammit?

Coming Up: Where’s My Nirvana Dammit?

Friends, You have now learned all the Buddha’s core teachings, including all Four Noble Truths, virtue (Topic #9), and “advanced subjects” such as emptiness, karma, and dependent origination (Topic #10).  Congratulations. When I started learning Buddhism, I too...