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Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha chant
Explanation and recording of the homage and bowing to the Buddha done at Sravasti Abbey.
View PostDeath meditation
The nine-point death meditation and the importance of practicing the Dharma now as a means…
View PostContemplating death
Ignoring the reality of death is often the norm, but there are benefits to contemplating…
View PostThe self and the aggregates
Selflessness of persons: how to investigate if the self is inherently one with the aggregates.
View PostHindrances to concentration: Desire and ill will
The first two of the five hindrances to concentration. How sensual desire and malice/ill will…
View PostConcentration, jhanas, and samadhi
The importance of suppressing the five hindrances in order to attain the jhanas.
View PostReview: Object of negation
A review of the commentary on identifying the object of negation: the reasoning used to…
View PostMulti-tradition ordination (long version)
Detailed research establishing a precedent in Tibet where ordination was given together by monks from…
View PostThe five points
Taken from "Where We Are Now," a letter by Elders' Council of the Forest Sangha,…
View PostBhikkhunīs in Theravāda
Tracing the validity of bhikkhunī ordination within the Theravāda tradition, events through time and space,…
View Post“I will do it”
The Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa steps up to address the issue of bhikshuni full ordination in…
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