‘Of all canons in different languages which Buddhists of different schools and of different eras made out of the legends, only one – the Theravada
Tag: meditation
Secular Monasticism
‘Neither the same nor different…’ Ven. Nyanaponika Thera: Abhidhamma Studies – Buddhist Explorations of Consciousness and Time, Wisdom, (1998), Page 44 The religious experience should not remain the sole possession of
Pan is the Original ‘God of Love’ – the Meaning of UK Pancake Day! (25.2.2020)
Witchcraft Museum – Boscastle – Cornwall If you’re British – or are interested in Paganism – remember that the god ‘Pan’ demands that you make
Rule of St Benedict: Buddhist Texture and Design
There are curious similarities between certain aspects of Buddhist and Christian teaching, this fact is beyond a doubt, but as to whether this constitutes a direct developmental ‘influence’ between the earlier Buddhism upon the latter Christianity is open to debate. Certainly
John Ruskin: Useful Work as the Only ‘Pure’ Religion (c. 1886)
In the first three paragraphs, John Ruskin is describing his 1849 visit to the Grande Chartreuse. This is the head-monastery of the Carthusian (Catholic) monastic
A Mind Free of Conditioning (佛心)
There it is. Reality as the Buddha perceived it, explained through the expert use of words that appear to transcend the dynamics of language. All
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 