Enlightenment is not the acceptance of, or practical experience of rebirth. Enlightenment is not the acceptance of, or practical experience of a ‘soul’ theory. In other words, a fully enlightened and rational mind, is a mind ‘emptied’ of all delusion and irrationality.
Category: Buddhism
Exploring the philosophy (and practice) of Early and Later Buddhism.
Master Xu Yun: Chinese Schools of Buddhism
The Chan doctrine of the Mind was handed down through Mahakasyapa and his successors in India and reached China where it was eventually transmitted to Master Hui-neng, its Sixth (Chinese) Patriarch. This was the Transmission of the Right Dharma which then flourished (all over China).
The Importance of Venerable Purana
With the historicity of the first Council in doubt, (in at least it’s received form), it is even more remarkable that the presence of Ven. Purana is included.
Ven. Walpola Rahula: Study or Practice?
From meditation, wisdom comes, but from wisdom, understanding arises.
When Tibet was Invaded by the Judeo-Christian Imagination
Who would have thought that the racist British newspaper – the Daily Mail (that openly supported Adolf Hitler prior to WWII) would have been at the fore-front of the British massacring of Tibetans in 1903-04!
Tibet: New Atmosphere in Application of Socialism
Original Chinese Language By: Kang Xiangyang (康向阳) (Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) Translator’s Note: Anti-Chinese historical racism is rife in the West. It has its
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