Dharma Reflections

17 Koans. A Monk to the Zen Master. Introduction. Examples and Replies. Brief Comment on each Koan

In the Buddhist tradition, Zen employs koans to rattle the cage of the mind in meditation. Koans come in the form of a question, story, dialogue or an event in history. Koans developed in the 13th century in Chinese monasteries, then Japan and Korea. …

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Guided Meditation/Talk on Regret/Remorse/Repentance/Suffering from the Past

Tovana, a Dharma network in Israel, invited me to offer teachings on Yom Kippur, two major holy-days in the Jewish calendar. Tal of Tovana hosted the sessions. I gave six 60-minute sessions, three sessions on Day of Repentance and three sessions on Day of Atonement. …

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Ways to Handle an Angry and Confrontational Person

I regularly receive emails on people facing a difficult and confrontational person – perhaps a family member, a neighbour, a colleague, a client, a stranger, a boss and more. …

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The Buddha NEVER stated the World is Within You. Take no notice of the Buddhists who claim he did

You might have heard or read that the Buddha claimed “the world is within you.”  Buddhists often make this claim based on a sutta (discourse) in the Gradual Discourses (Anguttara Nikaya) of the Buddha. …

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Some Questions to Christopher on Emptiness and Wisdom.

This is a recorded interview in 2022. Gobind based in Australia inquired into emptiness and wisdom. This is a transcribed and edited version of the interview.

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