Nirvana for Everyone, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

 When you hear the phrase ‘Nirvana for everyone’, you may shake your head in disbelief. People in general believe that nirvana is a special place where there is no suffering, only happiness, the place usually being reached after death by those who have already achieved perfection in thousands of incarnations. Buddhist ordinands mostly pay lip service to their request to be ordained for the sake of realising nirvana. Old monks [in Thailand] sometimes say that nirvana can no longer occur today.

A 12-Minute Meditation to Explore What’s True

In this episode of 12-Minute Meditation, Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce leads us in an inquiry practice to become aware of our preconceptions, loosen our grip on what we think we know, and explore what’s true.

What our heart feels is influenced by what our mind sees. Preconceptions govern what we see and what we perceive. Sometimes these habitual patterns are helpful to us.

Thích Nữ Lệ Thành - TIẾNG VỌNG NON QUY (thi hóa Quy Sơn Cảnh Sách Văn)

Trên non Quy có ngài Linh Hựu,

Hiệu Đại Viên, thạch trụ cửa thiền.

Thương tượng pháp lắm trược phiền,

Soạn văn Cảnh Sách lưu truyền hậu lai.

Gẫm thân này từ nhiều kiếp lại,

Nghiệp buộc ràng nên mãi trầm luân...

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Take Refuge in Your Body

When the storms of life hit, your body can be a place of refuge and healing. 

My beagle, Little Bit, can sense a storm gathering. The reason I know this is because Little Bit uses the language of her body to communicate her fear. From just the slightest shift in air pressure, her chunky little body starts quivering. Then, at the first clap of thunder, she springs off her stubby legs and torpedoes herself through the air, taking aim for the familiar protection of my arms. I am her port in a storm.

A Peace Movement Led by Everyday People

 After World War II, the United Nations was established in 1945 to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” Unfortunately, since then, some 250 armed conflicts have broken out around the world, claiming hundreds of millions of lives. Today our world seems to be in a never-ending cycle of war and devastation.

True Peace of Mind, by Harada Sekkei Roshi

 Zazen Is the Dharma Gate of Comfort and Ease (The Way of Peace of Mind)

In our lives, we find we have entered into a labyrinth of conflicts and perplexities from which there seems to be no way out. Our nerves are frayed because of the complications of human relationships. Isn’t it at such a time that from the bottom of our hearts we de­sire to find peace and tranquillity by quietly seeking for the Way of Peace of Mind? It is when we become aware of our anxiety that we begin to sit in zazen.