by Chade-Meng Tan | Apr 7, 2024 | Buddhism for All
Here is a short story that illustrates the sheer power of the realization of non-selfness. Non-selfness is so powerful it can result even in full enlightenment. This famously happened to a man called Bāhiya, who was not even a disciple of the Buddha at the...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Apr 4, 2024 | Buddhism for All
(Context: Stream-Entry is Breaking Three Fetters.) The total abandonment of the first three fetters is only one definition of a stream-enterer. There is a complementary definition, perhaps a more important one: a stream-enterer is one who has clearly seen...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Apr 2, 2024 | Buddhism for All
The most technical definition of stream-entry is the total abandonment of the first three lower fetters: identity view, doubt, and the distorted grasp of rules and vows. The first fetter, identity view[1], means identifying the self with any of the five aggregates...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 31, 2024 | Buddhism for All
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...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 29, 2024 | Buddhism.net Blog
Coming up on 30th March 2024 (21st day of the 2nd Lunar Month) is Pu Xian Bodhisattva (Samantabadra) Birthday. Let us use this day, to cultivate a Bodhi mind and connect with our aspirations, just like Samantabadra. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is a bodhisattva in...
