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Theravada Buddhism and Teresian Mysticism: A Reflection on Interreligious Dialogue
Thoughts on the first Carmelite-Buddhist interfaith dialogue
Uploaded 18 Aug 2017
Why Meditate?
Understanding the transformative approaches to meditation in Japanese Buddhism
Uploaded 27 Jan 2017
Nurturing the Roots of Chinese Buddhism in Africa
Humanistic Buddhism comes to Madagascar, Malawi, Tanzania, and many other countries
Uploaded 29 Dec 2016
Approaching Chan, Part 2: The Two Streams of Chan Contemplative Practices
Tracing the roots of Chan Buddhist thought
Uploaded 26 Aug 2016
Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project: The First Buddhist Nunnery in the UK
A milestone for female monasticism in Britain
Uploaded 5 Aug 2016
Approaching Chan, Part 1
The first in a special series introducing Chan Buddhist concepts
Uploaded 29 Jul 2016
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Meditation
The practice of mindful meditation can provide a great host of benefits to anyone that actively pursues it, especially in a modern world full of enhanced stresses and defilements that so often remove
Uploaded 12 Jul 2013
Vipassana Meditation and Mindfulness
“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” – The Buddha   Introduction   So many are living stressful lives filled with hatred, greed, anger and other unwholesome states of mind. Our he
Uploaded 11 Jul 2013
Mental cultivation through Theravāda meditation techniques
Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 7, March 2008.  “Monks, the ending of the fermentations [āsavas] is for one who knows & sees, I tell
Uploaded 19 Apr 2013
Eleven Opportunities of Realizing Nibbāna
Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 4, June 2007. IntroductionOnce, Gotama Buddha recited a recital in brief before a group of disciples thus: There
Uploaded 17 Apr 2013
The Dhamma to be Practiced
Anyone familiar with Buddhism must be familiar with the Pāli term “Dhamma” or the Sanskrit term “Dharma”. Leaving aside all the philosophical connotations implied by the term Dhamma, most would unders
Uploaded 15 May 2010
Buddhist Meditation (Bhᾱvanᾱ) (1/2)
    Buddhist meditation is not confined only to calming the mind, and concentrating the mind on an object of meditation. They are only the means to an end. The end is intuitive penetration into the
Uploaded 23 Feb 2010
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