“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
