Having studied Buddhism for over ten years, I was blessed to have finally found Bhante Sujatha of the Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple. (or perhaps he found me) I felt I had been on the right path for a long time,…
The Sangha
Tag: Buddhism
Every moment is new
In Buddhism, Jāti (the Sanskrit and Pāli word for “birth”) refers to the arising of a new living entity in saṃsara. This got me to thinking about how each and every moment is truly new. Nothing is old. Ever! With…
Tell me the truth
I think that most of us feel we want to know the truth about things. No on likes being lied to or deceived. And certainly when it comes to religion, I think it is very much about truth seeking. Seeking…
Three forms of meditation (Part 3)
Vipassana meditation Listening to Thought In opening the mind, or ‘letting go’, we bring attention to one point on just watching, or being the silent witness who is aware of what comes and goes. With this vipassana (insight meditation), we’re…
Buddhism versus Christianity
I was reading an article this morning by someone who had tried Buddhism and found it to simply be the flip side of Christianity. The way he sees it, Christians believe in achieving Heaven once they die and Buddhist think…