Author’s Note: A Bhikkhu maintains an awe-inspiring deportment at all times, but what does this practically mean? It means that the mind is calm and
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The Four Brahmaviharas of Buddhism
Although what might be translated as the ‘Abode of God’, this Buddhist term, as usual, completely re-interprets this earlier Brahmanic term, so that it becomes both logical
The Abhidhamma Defined
‘Of all canons in different languages which Buddhists of different schools and of different eras made out of the legends, only one – the Theravada
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
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 