Buddhist Women in the 2020’s (Introduction)
By Cara Conroy-Lau on April 8th, 2021Japan Meditation Retreat on Huayan (Flower Garland Sutra)
By admin and Cara Conroy-Lau on August 25th, 2016Meditation Retreat: Huayan – Flower Garland School of Buddhism March 21-31st 2017, Zofukuji Temple, Hyogo, Japan. “If I had a view I could have a flaw, but emptied of all views, I am flawless.” –Nagarjuna Through India, Tibet, China and then Japan, Mahayana...
Forget Happiness – Gimme Bliss
By Catherine Pawasarat and Doug Duncan on February 20th, 2016Happiness or Bliss? Which would you choose: happiness, or 16 different kinds of bliss? Classic Buddhist teachings don’t address happiness; they do, however address 16 different categories of bliss. These explorers of consciousness were really paying attention! Every...
Spiritual Healing
By Catherine Pawasarat and Doug Duncan on August 31st, 2014Awakening, the great healing. The ongoing, mapped process of awakening is the ultimate spiritual healing. With awakening, the self is transcended, and thus the troubles of the self, of “me,” “my troubles,” are healed. Though any organism is inherently subject to decay...
Get Off Your Royal…..!
By Pod Bean on June 17th, 2010A Rapid Outline of Buddhist Teachings – How to Awaken. Doug Sensei rapidly outlines the Buddhist teachings — how to awaken — giving life to them with direct commentary suited for people today. — “You’re not looking at suffering...