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The Right Words

Posted from About Buddhism 4 days ago
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Shyalpa Tenzin Rinpoche, a lineage holder in the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition, has a new book out called Living Fully: Finding Joy in Every Breath. This is not a book I would recommend to someone who just wants to learn something about Buddhism. However, I think some of you who already have some exper... (original story)

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Correcting the Dictionary

Posted from About Buddhism 4 days ago
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This morning I ran into an article about correct use of the word karma, based on what it says in a standard dictionary. Unfortunately, the article, and the dictionary, are incorrect. Barry Wood of GateHouse News Service wrote, "Karma" is a Sanskrit word that means "a deed, act, fate." It's an imp... (original story)

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Happy Lunar New Year

Posted from About Buddhism 4 days ago
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It's already January 23 in China, so the Chinese new year has begun. This is a year of the dragon, so for fun I wrote an article about Buddhist dragons. Enjoy.Happy Lunar New Year originally appeared on About.com Buddhism on Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 at 14:52:39.Permalink | Comment | Email this (original story)

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Turning Around

Posted from About Buddhism 7 days ago
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As I've been reading commentaries on the paramitas, I notice that practice of most paramitas follows a similar three-step progression. One begins by focusing inward and "working on" oneself. Then the practice "turns around," and finally becomes one of caring for all beings. This is particularly cle... (original story)

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Projections and Reality

Posted from About Buddhism 10 days ago
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The article "Do Thrifty Brains Make Better Minds?" by Andy Clark, in the New York Times, is not directly about Buddhism. But it touches on something that is very much about Buddhism. We like to think that our senses and brains are simply giving us an accurate scan of what's "out there," but neuros... (original story)

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Sila and Karma

Posted from About Buddhism 10 days ago
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This week's focus is on sila paramita, or the perfection of morality. In the many commentaries on sila one usually finds discussion of karma. Lots of Buddhist "westernizers" think that karma ought to be done away with, however. For example, Owen Flanagan -- a professor of philosophy and neurobiolog... (original story)

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Developing Ksanti Paramita

Posted from About Buddhism 13 days ago
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Continuing to explore ksanti paramita -- "ksanti" can be translated many ways -- tolerance, endurance, composure, forbearance, patience. That last one, patience, is defined as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like. In o... (original story)

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Not Fearing Truth; Being Patient With Doubt

Posted from About Buddhism 13 days ago
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Milarepa, in his "Song of the Six Perfections," said of ksanti paramita, Beyond being without fear of what is ultimately true, There is no other patience. This week I've been focusing on ksanti paramita, one of the Six Perfections of Mahayana. The word ksanti is translated umpteen different way... (original story)

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Perfection of Respect

Posted from About Buddhism 17 days ago
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I once heard someone say that the difference between tolerance and respect is that tolerance is putting up with something you don't like, while respect is seeing value in something even if it differs from what you prefer. I bring this up because the new focus feature this week is ksanti paramita, s... (original story)

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Wonhyo's Surprise

Posted from About Buddhism 20 days ago
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While stumbling around the Web I found an article on Wonhyo (617 - 686), a major patriarch of Korean Buddhism. Wonhyo is credited with bringing Pure Land Buddhism to Korea, but his written commentaries influenced Korean Huayan and T'ien-t'ai Buddhism as well. When Wonhyo was a young monk, he and hi... (original story)