by Soryu Forall | Feb 29, 2024 | Buddhism for All
Life is hard. But virtue makes it fun. It’s like saying that tennis is hard. But getting better at tennis makes it fun. Virtue is the process of getting better at life, so it makes life fun. This is hard to understand because so often, we think that being better at...
by Soryu Forall | Feb 18, 2024 | Buddhism for All
Samadhi changes everything. It is how we see directly and accurately, finding happiness and peace. It is how we accept into our own minds the clarity that resolves all delusion. It is how we accept into our own bodies the joy that heals all trauma. It is how we...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Feb 13, 2024 | Buddhism for All
There is an important teaching regarding samadhi that enjoys consensus among all Buddhist masters across all schools of Buddhism, which is that meditative experience and realization are different things. In other words, no matter how sublime your jhāna...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Feb 11, 2024 | Buddhism for All
(Context: The Buddhist Path is Filled With Joy) The inner joy of the jhānas plays a very important role in the joyful path. In fact, the joy of the jhānas is one place where the genius of the Buddha shows up. See, since those states of right samadhi are...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Feb 8, 2024 | Buddhism for All
The Buddha is the greatest genius in the history of the world. One of his most important innovations, which is surprisingly less than prominent on the radars of many Buddhist teachers and scholars, is the central role of joy. The path to enlightenment can...
