Practices
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Taking Refuge: Becoming a Buddhist
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Five Odd Facts About Buddhism
By Admin Webmaster 2/27/2023 10:59:53 AMYou can find many articles with titles like "Five Things You Didn't Know About Buddhism" and "Ten Weird Facts About Buddhism" These articles often are riddled with errors themselves.
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The fourth noble truth
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Position of women at the time of the Buddha
By Admin Webmaster 2/13/2023 9:27:16 AMThe Buddha emphasises the fruitful role the women can play n making the family life a success.
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Kill the Buddha
By Admin Webmaster 2/8/2023 10:11:54 AM"Kill the Buddha" often is considered a koan, one of those bits of dialogue or brief anecdotes unique to Zen Buddhism.
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Ritual in Buddhism
By Admin Webmaster 2/3/2023 10:21:55 AMIf you are to practice Buddhism with formal sincerity rather than just as an intellectual exercise, you will soon confront the fact that there are many, many different rituals is Buddhism.
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Buddhist Views on War
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Interbeing
By Admin Webmaster 1/9/2023 11:18:34 AMInterbeing is a term coined by Thich Nhat Hanh that is catching on with many western Buddhists.
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Origins of Mahayana Buddhism
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The Role of Gods and Deities in Buddhism
By Admin Webmaster 12/12/2022 9:31:20 AMIt is often asked if there are gods in Buddhism. The short answer is no, but also yes, depending on what you mean by "gods."
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Kill the Buddha
By Admin Webmaster 12/5/2022 11:17:48 AM"Kill the Buddha" often is considered a koan, one of those bits of dialogue or brief anecdotes unique to Zen Buddhism.
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Leadership and Personal Integrity
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About Buddhist Monks
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The Ten Perfections of Theravada Buddhism
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The Life of Sariputra
By Admin Webmaster 10/5/2022 10:13:36 AMSariputra (also spelled Sariputta or Shariputra) was one of the foremost disciples of the historical Buddha.
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How Buddhism has changed the west for the better
By Admin Webmaster 9/21/2022 9:30:55 AMWe are not who we were very long ago. A lot of new ideas have emerged from Buddhism and other traditions emphasizing compassion, equality, nonviolence and critical perspectives on materialism and capitalism.
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Finding Your Buddhist Teacher
By Admin Webmaster 9/19/2022 11:03:50 AMThe first step in finding a Buddhist teacher is clarifying why you need one. A teacher cannot give you the life you want or make you the person you want to be.
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Charity in Buddhism
By Admin Webmaster 9/14/2022 11:00:51 AMIn the West, we often associate religion, Christianity especially, with organized charity.
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Right Action and the Eight Fold Path
By Admin Webmaster 9/9/2022 10:10:14 AMThe Eightfold Path is the path to enlightenment as taught by the Buddha. It is illustrated by the eight-spoke dharma wheel because the path is composed of eight parts or areas of activity that work together to teach us and help us manifest the dharma.
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The two things all Buddhists need to know
By Admin Webmaster 8/29/2022 10:58:14 AMKuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Along the pathways leading to the staging room where His Holiness the 104th Ganden Tripa Lobsang Tenzin Rinpoche, supreme head of the Gelugpa tradition was waiting, were lined by great protectors of Tibetan Buddhism.
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The Buddhist Teachings of Self and No-Self
By Admin Webmaster 8/22/2022 9:46:01 AMAmong all the Buddha's teachings, those on the nature of the self are the hardest to understand, yet they are central to spiritual beliefs.
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A Better Way to Be Alone: Loneliness from Buddhist’s Perspective
By Admin Webmaster 8/17/2022 9:00:44 AMIf you listen deeply, there’s just a slight shift of emphasis between “alone” and “all one.”
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Huayan Buddhism
By Admin Webmaster 8/10/2022 10:10:22 AMThe Huayan or Flower Garland school of Mahayana Buddhism is respected to this day for the quality of its scholarship and teaching.
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The Perfection of Renunciation in Buddhism
By Admin Webmaster 7/18/2022 10:47:25 AMThe word renunciation comes up frequently in discussions of Buddhism. What does it mean, exactly?
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Do Buddhists Pray?
By Admin Webmaster 7/6/2022 9:37:26 AMDictionaries define prayer as a request for help or expression of gratitude directed to God, saints, or other godlike beings. Prayer is the central devotional activity of many religions.
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The First Buddhist Monks
By Admin Webmaster 7/4/2022 10:56:57 AMWhat was life like for the first Buddhist monks? How did these followers of the historical Buddha become ordained and what rules did they live by? Though the actual story is shrouded a bit by the passing of centuries, the story of these first monks is fascinating.
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Paramitas: The Ten Perfections of Mahayana Buddhism
By Admin Webmaster 6/27/2022 9:28:47 AMMahayana Buddhism developed six paramitas or perfections early in its history. Later, the list was fleshed out to include ten perfections.
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Huayan Buddhism
By Admin Webmaster 6/24/2022 10:10:00 AMThe Huayan or Flower Garland school of Mahayana Buddhism is respected to this day for the quality of its scholarship and teaching. Huayan flourished in Tang Dynasty China and deeply influenced other schools of Mahayana, including Zen, called Chan Buddhism in China.
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Brief Guide to Major Schools of Buddhism
By Admin Webmaster 6/8/2022 10:56:53 AMBuddhism is not a monolithic tradition. As it spread through Asia over more than two millennia, it divided into several sects, each with its own liturgies, rituals, and canon of scriptures. There are also doctrinal disagreements.
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What Is a Sutra in Buddhism?
By Admin Webmaster 6/6/2022 10:05:37 AMA sutra is a religious teaching, usually taking the form of an aphorism or short statement of beliefs. Sutra means the same thing in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism; however, the actual sutras are different according to each belief structure. Buddhists believe the sutras are the teachings of Buddha.