First Noble Truth — Dukkha (Suffering) What do you mean you are suffering? Are you mad? Second Noble Truth — … More
Category: Buddhism
“Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen”
Bodhidharma suggests that Zen is not about forcing thoughts, analysing life, or seeking enlightenment as a distant goal. “Not thinking … More
5 Zen Stories to Dissolve the Illusions of Ego | Buddhism Teaching
Emptiness
“No Time…No Space…No Mind…No We. Where are ALL these things, including also God, when we are silent? Not there. Only … More
Quit
“Life is not a battle worth fighting. Quit.” The word is a deliberate stumbling block. What is to be given up is not the body or the life, but the fighter — the ego whose founding myth is that life is a war to be won. Camus answered the question of life’s worth with revolt; Advaita takes the path he never considered: neither suicide nor defiance, but the dissolution of the one who asks. Quit the way a fist quits clenching. The battle is optional because the soldier is fictional. What remains is life itself — neither fought nor fled.
A Few Sayings
“Buddha misread the origins of suffering. The cause of suffering is God’s desire to appear as this creation.” “This is … More
“If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him.”
Ninth-century Chinese Buddhist monk Linji Yixuan famously told his disciples, “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” … More
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