Ninth-century Chinese Buddhist monk Linji Yixuan famously told his disciples, “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” … More
Category: Buddhism
Claude on the Different Forms of Love
Claude, So, how does desire and need for sex tie in with love? Where desire and need are admixed with … More
Maya
As I like to define, Maya is the false understanding that happiness lies outside, and what is on the outside … More
Conversations on Love & Spirituality with Oumaa (https://oumaa.com)
Conversations with Oumaa (https://Oumaa.com) I said: Is “love” always transactional? That is, do we “love” only when some need of … More
Practicing Gita in Kurukshetra
Understand that “the cause of suffering is desire”. This understanding will quieten the mind 24/7, which is what meditation is … More
“The cause of suffering is desire”: Buddha’s Second Noble Truth
“At last, at long last, I have understood Buddha’s Second Noble Truth that ‘The cause of suffering is desire’.”–DSR Buddha’s … More
Buddha on Violence and Nonviolence
The Buddha was against violence. But he was also in favour of justice and where justice required he permitted the … More
Buddha or Marx? — Ambedkar
from the Introduction A comparison between Karl Marx and Buddha may be regarded as a joke. There need be no … More
Marxism, Buddhism and Socialism
“Of all the modern economic theories, the economic system of Marxism is founded on moral principles, while capitalism is concerned … More
What is True Religion? Marxism & Buddhism
A friend asked this (see the image above) on his WhatsApp status, and I replied as follows: Marx did not … More