Category: Teachings
What Are We Ignoring About Breathing?
Like each breath, your life constantly appears and disappears. The late Taizan Maezumi Roshi teaches how to do the profound practice of breathing.
Forum: The Beauty of Renunciation
<span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="/storage/Win2013/Forum_Sravasti-Abbey.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1383922388135" alt="/></span></span> <p class="intro">Renunciation is about more than just doing without things. It’s the beautiful realization that you already have everything you need.</p>
The Problem of Evil
There may be no good or evil in absolute reality says Norman Fischer, but in the relative world there certainly is.
What Are the Four Negations?
Take any pair of opposites. Madhyamaka logic looks at four possibilities and refutes them in turn, creating four negations.
Ocean of Dharma
Barry Boyce surveys Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's vast body of teachings and their lasting impact on how Buddhism is understood and practiced.
What Is Karma?
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Jan Chozen Bays, and Jeffrey Hopkins discuss the Buddhist doctrine of karma and why it is essential.
Does No-Thought Mean No Thought?
Working with thoughts is a central practice in Buddhism. But what does that mean exactly? Are we truing to stop thoughts or not? A Chan Buddhist view.
Use the Alexander Technique to Meditate More Comfortably
Alexander Technique was developed in the 1800s to help actors improve their posture and coordination. Now it's gaining popularity among meditators.
What are “Conditioned Things” in Buddhism?
Reality may seem solid, says Bhikkhu Bodhi, but it is merely a reflection of unstable, conditioned processes, or sankharas, coming together with no one in charge.
The Inexhaustable, Inspiring Dhammapada
Selections from Gil Fronsdal’s new translation of the Pali text that has inspired and guided countless practitioners on the Buddhist path.