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 Dear Brian, I am thinking about converting into Buddhism. To me it just feels right. Although after listening to your introduction about the 5 Precepts, I find it hard to follow the 1st and the 5th. I have been to Iraq and fortunately I wasn’t put in a position to take another person’s life. I don’t think that . . . → Read More: Eat Your Vegetables!  One comment - (Comments are closed)  Daily Buddhism, Ethics  eating, fifth, first, food, killing, precepts, vegetarian, vegetarianism  A reader wrote in: I just got through reading about the five precepts. Whew. There are some tough ideas in there to try to put into practice. If the idea of not watching my favorite reality television show causes me great suffering, shouldn’t I watch it? I say this half-joking. I don’t think that there is anything . . . → Read More: Reality TV and the Fifth Precept One comment - (Comments are closed) Daily Buddhism, Ethics media, negativity, poison, positive, precepts, reality, suffering, toxin, TV  A reader recently wrote: Hi Brian, Glad to see the blog posts are back up. I’m eagerly awaiting new podcasts. Wished your book was an audio book. I’m emailing today to ask: how do you raise my 5 year old buddhist? I think he’ll benefit tremendously from meditation and his mind hasn’t been packed with my family’s Catholic tradition. . . . → Read More: Raising Buddhist Children One comment - (Comments are closed) Daily Buddhism, Ethics books, child, children, learning, Meditation, raising, teaching  Buddha Tech Support Buddhist Helpers A Reader writes: Do Buddhist monks work on an individual case-by-case basis with lay Buddhists who seek advise on a specific problem in their lives and then offer a diagnosis and prescription in, of course, Buddhist terms? Or are the 4 noble truths, 8 fold path, 5 precepts, etc., always to be generically . . . → Read More: Buddhist Helpers  Someone (I suspect it wasn’t actually a reader) wrote this to me: Dear Sir/Madam, As we go to the grocery stores and kitchens, we may see “Buddha Salt” by www.buddhasalt.com. We think it is a great disrespect to use Buddha as a commercial brand. We also feel that it is not good to use Jesus . . . → Read More: Buddha Salt, Buddha Beer, and Christ’s Corn Chips: Are We Offended Yet? One comment - (Comments are closed) Daily Buddhism, Ethics attachment, beer, buddha, buddhism, offended, offense, respect, salt, wisdom A Reader Writes: My wife has been poorly treated at work and bullied out of her Job. The company is not interested in what has happened, only keeping it all quiet as they are 60% funded by the Government. I feel that we should fight this even though the emotional cost and financial cost could . . . → Read More: Back Off, Move On, Get Over It, Or Fight Back? A reader writes: Message: Hey Brian, really enjoy all the podcasts and this site. I have been studying Buddhism now for almost two years and my life gets better on a daily basis. My question is : it seems that our purpose is to fully awaken and be free of attachment. Well it seems . . . → Read More: Is Death a Reset Button? 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Daily Buddhism, Ethics awakening, buddhism, Death, enlightenment, karma, rebirth A long-time reader wrote: You mentioned in several past episodes that you are not a Zen Master or Guru, and yet, you have taught hundreds if not thousands of disciples through your podcast. Does this not make you then a teacher of aspiring Buddhists? With the availability of the internet, it is likely your students/listeners have more . . . → Read More: On Teaching Buddhism: My Point of View Forrest Curran It’s Guest Post time once again! If you or someone you know is interested in writing a guest post, drop me a note. Forrest Curran is the founder of Purple Buddha Project. From Tokyo, Japan; he is currently traveling the World while he spreads motivation and encouragement through his project.
From New York to India Following your . . . → Read More: From New York to India, by Forrest Curran Here’s an email that I received this morning. I get something similar every few months from someone taking a class somewhere. I’m not quite sure what the point of the assignment is, whether it’s to interview someone or to do actual research (this isn’t it!), but here are my answers. Please add yours to the comments . . . → Read More: Rapidfire Questions Basic Buddhist Questions |
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