A distinguished scholar of Buddhism, Lewis Lancaster founded the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative to use the latest computer technology to map the spread of various strands of Buddhism from the distant past to the present.
In his lecture, Lewis explains the spread of Buddhism throughout the world due to the portability of Buddhism. Buddhism spreads [...]
December 22, 2007 – 11:24 pm
From the book, The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh.
Meditation is not imitation, but creation. Meditators who only imitate their instructors cannot go far. The same is true of cooking, or anything. A good cook is someone with a creative spirit. You can enter the Meditation on the Interdependence of All Phenomena through many [...]
December 17, 2007 – 11:27 pm
Original article at Seishindo by Charlie Badenhop.
“Whoever… sees in illness a vital expression of the organism, will no longer see it as an enemy. In the moment I realize that the disease is a creation of the patient, it becomes for me the same sort of thing as his manner of walking, his mode of [...]
October 11, 2007 – 9:34 pm
The story of Prince Siddhartha and his spiritual transformation into the Buddha.
Life of the Buddha. (BuddhaNet)
Related:
Buddha’s Compassion And The Story of Kisa Gotami and The Mustard Seed.
August 29, 2007 – 3:59 pm
The book, Buddhism And Psychotherapy Across Cultures: Essays on Theories and Practices
by Mark Unno, Editor is published by Wisdom Publications (a nonprofit charitable organization).
As Buddhism and psychotherapy have grown and diversified in Asia and the West, so too has the literature dealing with their intersection. In this collection of essays, leading voices explore many surprising [...]
August 11, 2007 – 4:37 pm
A poem written by Suzuki Akiko for her four children before her death. She was given the opportunity to reflect upon her life and death after having cancer and was very grateful. She came to believe that to continue to live in the preciousness of each day’s life is the most meaningful way to live. [...]
I don’t really know what the dream is about since I can only remember a tiny slice of it. However, as I half-slept and half-ponder on the dream, wondering about the significance of my classmate appearing on my dream, the implication is I am judgemental and need to learn to be less judgemental.