Dear Readers,
This is not an easy read. Read slowly. Perhaps read out loud.
The text may go over your head. That does not invalidate it.
The text may appear intellectual. That does not make it heady. …
An Unreliable Self confirms an Insubstantial PersonalityRead More »
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In 2014, I wrote a critique on the wealth of Eckhart Tolle, the well-known spiritual teacher and author of THE POWER OF NOW, one of the mostly widely read spiritual books in the last two decades. …
The Buddha expressed a profound concern on our holding to personal views about the causes of suffering. If we do, we can blame ourselves, blame others, both ourselves and others or believe in circumstances we cannot prove.
I would advise every person looking into suffering to read and re-read the following words of the Buddha until deeply understood. In the bamboo grove in the Squirrel Sanctuary, Raghir in Bihar, India, the Buddha had an inquiry with an austere yogi from another sect: …
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Are we Nourished or Undernourished? Do we Nourish Others? A Response of The BuddhaRead More »
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Words of the Buddha can offer inspiration and insight – even if the quote in English from the Pali language may not accurately reflect the original. …
The World is not Within You. A Quote from the BuddhaRead More »
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