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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• 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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• Buddhism’s big week: Dalai Lama’s visit shines light on its many flourishing forms

  
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  Like many Westerners, Mary Bennett turned to Buddhism when the faith of her childhood stopped working for her. She still wanted a spiritual practice, but one that valued questioning. “Buddhism encourages you to investigate every piece of information you’re given, and that really appealed to me,” said Bennett, ...
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• What Drives Us?

  
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  I’ve been researching some background materials for the Socialogy book I am working on, and was digging into various theories on personality, organizational fit, and human motivations. This started as a modest collection of others’ ideas, but as you can imagine, it led to the outpouring of my own thoughts on what ...
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• Eyewitness: Seoul, South Korea

  
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  Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters Buddhists wait to take part in a lotus lantern parade to celebrate the upcoming birthday of Buddha
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• Review: Zen Confidential

  
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  Zen Confidential by Jack Haubner My rating:          Memoir Zen Confidential  is one mans account of monastic life, told in a thoroughly "un-monastic" style. The prologue starts with crude, puerile jokes that seem designed to put off anyone with a delicate constitution - perhaps just as well, since one ...
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• David Foster Wallace’s “This is Water” 2005 Kenyon College Commencement Address

  
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  Wallace is totally the Buddha in this speech, preaching attentional choice, vigilance in looking, and imaginative awareness. It’s a shame he hit bottom in 2008 and, in the grip of a severe depression (a recurrent scourge that plagued his life), committed suicide. The world, it would seem (echoing Wordsworth), was ...
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• Miracle tales and being shit free

  
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  I came to the opinion a long time ago that religion, in general, is man’s attempt to give meaning to the suffering he eventually finds in life.  In short, it’s an attempt to bring a small amount of order out of a lot of chaos even if the order is fictional and imagined. Some religions do this well, but they have ...
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• The Dalai Lama in Portland: Compassion and a two-way blessing

  
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  As the Dalai Lama ends his last public appearance, the 10,000 who turned out to hear him at Veterans Memorial Coliseum stand and offer him khatas, silken white scarves that sympolize unity and purity of heart.
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• The Dalai Lama in Portland: Last public words on compassion

  
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  The Dalai Lama ended the last of his public appearances Saturday afternoon with a teaching on compassion.
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• Healing with Joy

  
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  This year I’ve been moving slowly through the Satipatthana Sutta . It’s bringing me much joy and enthusiasm for the practice. This Sutta is one of the foundational teachings from the Buddha. Like most teachings, the Sutta wasn’t written down for hundreds of years after the Buddha lived, but it was passed down ...
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• The Dalai Lama in Portland: Advice to the press

  
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  The spiritual leader calls on the media to balance the news and show good potential of human beings
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• On wanting to quit

  
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  El Cabrero has been a terribly inconsistent blogger lately. I think Ive been running around too much. Speaking of running around, today was a case in point. Ive had a 15K run planned for some months, although I cant say I was looking forward to it. The race in question is the Poca River Run, which touts itself as ...
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• Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/11/2013

  
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  "The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."   ~ The Buddha Technorati Tags: Buddha Buddhist Buddhism Meditation Dharma
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• Recognising the Thinker, by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

  
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  There is another thing that I would like to say. The Buddha was totally awakened and saw the three times as clearly as if they were held in the palm of his own hand. The teachings are based on this immense clarity. We don’t have to speculate about whether the words of the Buddha are true or not...
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• The Illustrated History of Buddhism ရုပ္စံုဗုဒၶသာသနာဝင္ – ပန္းခ်ီဦးဘၾကည္

  
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• Woeser: “Our Lhasa is on the Verge of Destruction!”

  
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  The Chinese government’s development of Tibet in recent years is resulting in the destruction of many historically and culturally significant areas, especially in Lhasa . A recent post by Tibetan writer Woeser looks at the destruction of Lhasa and calls on the international community to help . Translated by ...
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• Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/10/2013

  
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  "It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell."   ~ The Buddha Technorati Tags: Buddha Buddhist Buddhism Meditation Dharma
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• Are your goals and ambitions leading to happiness?

  
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  Ask people what would make them happy, and depending on what the persons age is, and where  person lives you might get a different answer. Ask a child and they might say an ice cream on a hot summer day. The same child a few years later, playing in their first sports tournament, might say […]
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• Watch Live – HH the Dalai Lama at Maitripa College in Oregon

  
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  His Holiness the Dalai Lama is participating in a symposium with scientists and scholars entitled “Life and After Life” Maitripa College in Portland, Oregon, USA on May 10, 2013. Click play to watch (and discuss below -or above- in the comments). In a recent press release, Maitripa College confirmed that the Red ...
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