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Koan: ObedienceThe master Bankei’s talks were attended not only by Zen students but by persons of all ranks and sects. He never quoted sutras nor indulged in scholastic dissertations. Instead, his words were spoken directly from his heart to the hearts of his listeners.His large audience angered a priest of the Nichiren sect because the adherents . . . → Read More: Koan: Obedience The Other Precepts —————————————————– As someone is relatively new to Buddhism, I have read about the sixth precept of not eating untimely meals. What does this mean to a western Buddhist? —————————————————– We only talked about FIVE precepts, but depending on your group, there may be more. In some cases, there are as many as . . . → Read More: The OTHER Precepts http://media.blubrry.com/dailybuddhism/www.dailybuddhism.com/audio/DB14.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Podcast . . . → Read More: Various Short Topics Creation and Evolution Creation occurs repeatedly throughout time in cycles. In the beginning of each cycle, land forms, in darkness, on the surface of the water. Beings who populated the universe in the previous cycle are reborn; some of them become the “new” humans in the new universe. Suffering and misery reigns. That is where we stand . . . → Read More: Creation And Evolution in Buddhism http://media.blubrry.com/dailybuddhism/www.dailybuddhism.com/audio/DB13.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS And welcome . . . → Read More: Buddhist Symbology The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbours as one living a pure life. A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near him. Suddenly, without any warning, her parents discovered she was with child. This made her parents angry. She would not confess who the man was, but . . . → Read More: Koan: Is That So? Bodhisattvas We all know Buddha achieved his enlightenment and reached Nirvana. But many others have done it as well. Then what? Well, no one knows and we can only speculate on what really happens when a being reaches Nirvana and leaves the cycle of rebirth. However, what happens if a person achieves Enlightenment and chooses NOT . . . → Read More: Bodhisattvas Book Review:The Universe in a Single Atom Several blog posters and readers had mentioned this book a while back, and that served as a reminder to me that I’d never actually read this one. I know I’ve read excerpts, but never gone through the whole thing. So it was time to get with it . . . → Read More: Book: The Universe in a Single Atom, by the Dalai Lama Yama & Naraka: Death and Hell Yama is the personification of death, or, in the more religious versions of Buddhism, as a the god of the dead. He’s usually depicted with green or red skin, and reigns over Naraka, the Buddhist version of Hell. Naraka is ‚Äúhell‚Äù for Buddhists. People go to . . . → Read More: Yama & Naraka |
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