buddhism

The term Buddhism defines traditions spanning from the life and teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, revered as the enlightened Buddha among his followers. The three main traditions, namely Southern Buddhism (Hinayana or Theravada), Northern Buddhism (Mahayana) and Tantric or Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana) feature a broad array of interconnected philosophies and practices. The Tibetan tantric tradition, along with the Japanese Zen school of Mahayana fame, enjoy the broadest following in the West.

With an abundance of universal principles and an approach bent on introspection, experiment and experience, Buddhism has proven its relevance on the fields of psychology and comparative religion, meditational practices such as vipassana, and even in neurological studies on self-induced mental transformations.

The applicability and level-headedness of its basics in a modern environment has brought Buddhism to many a scenario, including New York subways. Even great scientific minds like Albert Einstein have regarded Buddhism as a befitting future religion, holistic and uncluttered by superfluous dogma and theology.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “buddhism”

 

• Destination: Yonggungsa – the seaside temple (Busan)

  
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   CISK note: I’m slowly working my way through old drafts still looking for the light of day. This one’s been on the backburner for awhile, but remains a wonderful place to see the next time you’re in Busan.With thousands of temples across the peninsula, you’d be forgiven if they all started to Read more... ...
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• If You Meet the Buddha on the Street

  
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  Last Friday, May 17th, was celebrated as the Buddha’s Birthday by many dharma followers around the world. It’s known as Vesak, which refers to the lunar month falling in April and May, and is actually a celebration of not only the Buddha’s birth, but also his enlightenment and death. I used to go to Vesak ...
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• The quiet revolution of 1939

  
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  Even in great Buddhist countries like Thailand a quiet revolutionary movement goes on below the public’s radar.  It is concerned with the place of self or, in Pali attâ (in Sanskrit, âtman ).  The typical Western Buddhist doesn’t pay attention to this, despite its boat-rocking significance and lasting ...
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• Top Ten Rap Lyrics About Meditation (published on Rap Genius)

  
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  More than a decade back, I interviewed  Russell Simmons, Afu-Ra, Shaolin Monk Shi-Yan Ming  and others for  Yoga Journal  about the impact yoga and meditation were having in their lives. Shi-Yan Ming told me, “When people dance and listen to Hip-Hop, they are happy. This is also meditation. RZA, when he ...
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• Parami – Ways to cross life’s floods by Ajahn Sucitto

  
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  Parami – Ways to cross life’s floods by Ajahn Sucitto is a book on the buddhist concept of  pāramī , the essential qualities of heart that allow us to carry through the swirling floods of existence to the groundedness and well-being of our true nature . This book originates in a series of talks Ajahn ...
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• SOLD! - Cool oriental tibetan thangka Green Tara tattoo Ceramic Tile by TheGreatestTattooArt

  
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• Book Review: Buddhaland Brooklyn by Richard C. Morais + Win a Copy of the Book!

  
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  “As he approaches his fortieth birthday, the introverted monk Seido Oda is ordered by his superior to leave behind his peaceful refuge in the remote mountains of Japan and set up a temple in Brooklyn’s Little Calabria. There Oda is confronted with an uphill struggle to get to understand the ways of his new host ...
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• Hongkonger just want to be heard, says eminent Buddhist monk

  
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  You can stop one protest for a time, but you can’t stop another one from starting up if you don’t deal with the problem, says an eminent Buddhist monk. Originally posted here: Hongkonger just want to be heard, says eminent Buddhist monk
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• What leads to what

  
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  In its most basic form, the Buddhist theory of ‘dependent origination’ means simply this: Stuff leads to other stuff. When you’re young, you don’t realise that stuff leads to other stuff. You’re living pretty much for the moment. You do things because they’re fun, or to see what they’re like, or ...
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• Dying Man’s Daily Journal

  
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  I just realized this is in fact post #1150, do I ever like to ramble. I think back and at post #1,000 I had intended to put up a post about the things I had learned from blogging. I look back through the unpublished draft posts I have saved and see I have actually started that post 3 different times. Have another go ...
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• Dying Man’s Daily Journal – Happy grandpa

  
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  Having a good weekend. Lynelle has come to town bringing grandchildren Seth and Sadie. I have an ongoing game with them. It is a hug stealing game. Now as with any game there are rules. They play as a team against poppa. The objective is to catch the other unawares to steal a hug. Bedroom and bathroom are “safe” ...
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• Stephen Batchelor - Buddhism: A Changing, Living Organism (Upaya Zen Podcasts)

  
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  Upaya Zen Center s monthly podcast features Stephen Batchelor this month, talking about the ever-evolving nature of Buddhism. They discuss a wide variety of topics: “confession of a Buddhist atheist”; a Buddhist way of life; a middle road between religion and secularism; ethics & contemplation without ...
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• The Hidden Hand

  
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  This post  discusses a little experiment you can do to give you an insight in to yourself and your “self-nature” as Zen Buddhism calls it. Despite the fact that this self-nature is always with us, indeed it is our real self, most people are blissfully unaware of it’s presence. They are so wrapped up in their ...
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• Liberation of the first-person

  
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  Buddhisms interaction with the West, as I can see, is on three fronts: 1) the materialistic sciences; 2) Abrahamic religions; 3) psychology.  I hasten to add, by no means is this list exhaustive.  This interaction really involves Buddhism’s right to exist as a path of salvation for the first-person.  In this ...
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• Jesus Aint No Buddha

  
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  Trey Smith Ryan Rotella, a junior at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) said that his professor, Dr. Deandre Poole, of his Intercultural Communications class, asked students in the class to write the word “Jesus” on a piece of paper, fold the paper, and step on it. By the time FOX News and Commentary ...
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• Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 19th May, 2013

  
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  Todays weather; The sky over Koh Samui is cloudy again and it looks rather grey with a ncie fresh breeze. Any opening in the clouds is covered by clouds again that are higher up in the atmosphere. Current temp at 7am is 27.8C Detail at Buddhas footprint at Wat Plai Laem Yesterday was warm and fairly ...
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• Baby Frog, See You Now

  
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  So I took this picture of this baby frog while hiking.  This was the first one we saw--on the foliage it completely blended in, but on the rocks we could see it clearly. It was so little and cute--I had to zoom in to get this shot.  After this, it actually jumped under a log and I got an action photo ...
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• Buddhism won’t be harmed by ex-drag queen

  
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  The Nation (Thailand): Critics say that, by ordaining as a monk, a celebrity transvestite is using the religion for selfish reasons, but, like everyone else, he has the right to seek solace in the temple One key argument against the decision by a former Miss Tiffany to become a monk is that he may be doing so to ...
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• Make A Friend Of Death

  
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  If you have been reading my previous posts you may have noticed that I mainly tend to deal with the psychology of Zen Buddhism and the practises that we can derive from that psychology. There is a psychology or an attitude that comes out of Zen but it is not an easy task to impart this psychology mainly because it ...
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• The Three Jewels of Buddhism

  
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  If you visit a Buddhist temple in Thailand , you will notice that the people making a prayer inside the main hall of the wat will bow down three times in front of the principal Buddha image. In the temple grounds you may also see people walking around with offerings in their hand which consist of three different ...
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