by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 17, 2024 | Buddhism for All
The place where the theme of cause and effect really shows up in a big way is in the teaching of dependent origination (paṭicca samuppāda), in which the Buddha explains in detail how karma functions without a self. This teaching has a general expression, and a...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 16, 2024 | Buddhism.net Blog
According to the Mahāyāna Chinese Buddhist tradition, Shakyamuni Buddha’s Renunciation Day is observed on the 8th day of the 2nd lunar month. Before Shakyamuni Buddha became the Buddha, he was known as Prince Siddhattha Gotama. Siddhattha means “wish...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 14, 2024 | Buddhism for All
In an earlier post, we stated the Buddhist teaching of non-self. That leads to two questions about karma that confound many people studying Buddhism, which turn out to have answers that are surprisingly understandable. The two questions are: How can...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 12, 2024 | Buddhism for All
The teaching of karma can be profound, but its central core is surprisingly simple. Karma literally means action. The Buddha gives a clear, concise definition for karma: It is volition, monks, that I call karma. For having willed, one acts by body,...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 10, 2024 | Buddhism for All
There is an important theme you see over and over again in Buddhism, and that is the central importance of cause and effect. All of Buddhism can be said to revolve around the one vital insight that suffering has causes, and that if you take away any necessary...
