by Chade-Meng Tan | Apr 21, 2024 | Buddhism for All
(Continued from Part II.) Step 7: Wrestling with profound resistance. Like Helena finding that her most powerful enemy was an even mightier duplicate of herself, and that her only solution was to charge at it without any hesitation, Susan would soon find no way...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Apr 20, 2024 | Buddhism.net Blog
Friends, We are pleased to announce that the Buddhism For All is now available in Kinokuniya Singapore (purchase link), and it has already made their bestsellers list. And yes, they ship worldwide! You can also buy them in person at the Buddhist Fellowship West...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Apr 18, 2024 | Buddhism for All
(Continued from Part I.) Step 4: Assembling a meditative toolset to enable eventual mastery. Susan’s practice had changed her life. And then, quite unexpectedly, her practice faced its first real test that almost totally derailed it. It came from a...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Apr 16, 2024 | Buddhism for All
(Context: A journey to nirvana.) Susan was a resident trainee, living and training with others full time, receiving teachings of the Dharma, living in a strict monastic routine, and meditating 5 to 15 hours per day depending on the schedule. Susan’s journey...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Apr 14, 2024 | Buddhism for All
(Useful reference: A hero’s story.) To break through to the Dharma means to arrive at stream-entry. The most important question is: how do we, normal people in the modern world, arrive at stream-entry? The standard answer, which is also the correct...
