BDG on YouTube: Dharma Sharing: Ven. Yin Kit on Mindfulness (Part 3 of 3)
Extremely funny and unexpected anecdote from Stephen Batchelor's Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist
Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Ajahn Sucitto
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BDG on YouTube: Death Dhamma Podcast: A Meditation Practice for Equanimity
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Ajahn Sucitto
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Master Tánluán (476–554 CE)
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BDG on YouTube: The Heart Sutra with Ven. Guan Cheng (Lecture 9)
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Master Tánluán (476–554 CE)
With light's cloud unobstructed like space, / thus is the Buddha also named Unobstructed Light. / As all with obstacles can receive his light's luster, / therefore prostrate to the difficult-to-conceive one. — Master Tánluán (476–554 CE)
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BDG feature: Beginner’s Mind: Three Dogs -- A college student in the US ponders the implications of karma, duhkha, and samsara in the lives of three furry bodhisattvas-to-be
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Matthieu Ricard
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Matthieu Ricard
We are very much like birds that have lived too long in a cage to which we return even when we get the chance to fly away. We have grown so accustomed to our faults that we can barely imagine what life would be like without them. The prospect of change makes us dizzy. ― Matthieu Ricard
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Seung Sahn (1927–2004)
When you are able to stay perfectly clear by cutting off all thinking and yet not falling into a trance-like sleep, this is sitting. When inside and outside become one, and no circumstances can hinder you, this is Zen. — Seung Sahn (1927–2004)
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BDG on YouTube: The Ordinary Buddhist: Filling the Garden Bed
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Seung Sahn (1927–2004)
When you are able to stay perfectly clear by cutting off all thinking and yet not falling into a trance-like sleep, this is sitting. When inside and outside become one, and no circumstances can hinder you, this is Zen. — Seung Sahn (1927–2004)
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BDG feature: A Terrible Time for Gardening -- Sensei Alex Kakuyo shares how gardening can be a practice in resilience
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Jetsun Milarepa (c. 1052–c. 1135)
I remember appearances are examples of impermanence. I see sense pleasures to be like a mirage. I look at this life like a dream or illusion And cultivate compassion for those who don’t realize this. — Jetsun Milarepa (c. 1052–c. 1135)
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BDG on YouTube: Dharma Sharing: Ven. Yin Kit on Mindfulness (Part 2 of 3)
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Jetsun Milarepa (c. 1052–c. 1135)
I remember appearances are examples of impermanence. I see sense pleasures to be like a mirage. I look at this life like a dream or illusion And cultivate compassion for those who don’t realize this. — Jetsun Milarepa (c. 1052–c. 1135)
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This world is made for greed, hate, and delusion.
No one is going to give us freedom and contentment.
Only ourselves.