The Audacity of Enlightenment
I’ve done several posts over the last three months explaining what I know to be true about buddhadharma: that we already have buddhanature, and that enlightenment is not an extraordinary … Continue reading
Enlightenment On Your Own Two Feet
Today’s feature article in Tricycle by John Snelling states a truth that I discovered for myself just recently: “At the center of these [issues] lies the popular myth that prefigures … Continue reading
Moving to a Culture of Life: People’s Climate March
By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Truthout | Op-Ed Thursday, 14 August 2014 As preparations intensify for the People’s Climate March, due to take place in New York City on September 21, it … Continue reading
Your Harmonium is so Irritating!
My downstairs neighbour knocked on my door at 9:30 in the morning. He wanted to let me know that he heard me play my harmonium at 9 AM. The sound … Continue reading
Deep Green Resistance: Vehemently Transphobic
[Editor: I removed this story from Deep Green Resistance because I have since found out that Deep Green Resistance (DGR) has an expressed and active policy of excluding, vilifying and … Continue reading
New York Insight’s New LGBTQ Sangha
NYC-area Trans*buddhists and allies, We thought you might be interested in this new group. Sorry for the short notice! This is the second sit of the newly-formed NYI LGBTQ sangha, … Continue reading
Tommy Rosen: Recovery 2.0 Move Beyond Addiction
Dear Friends, In this picture, which was taken yesterday, you see me holding a copy of my book for the first time. It is called Recovery 2.0: Move Beyond Addiction and … Continue reading
BODHISATTVAS AND WARRIORS
Bodhichitta exists on two levels. First there is unconditional bodhichitta, an immediate experience that is refreshingly free of concept, opinion, and our usual all-caught-upness. It’s something hugely good that we … Continue reading
You Are the Buddha
Some practitioners think that they have to spend their whole lives meditating and doing special practices in order to produce or achieve enlightenment; and then when they are enlightened, they … Continue reading
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