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If we cannot point to anything we have done which has been genuinely constructive for ourselves and others, then from the point of view of the Buddha’s teachings we have wasted our time.

"There’s probably nothing more beautiful in this world than people relying on and trusting one another. Amidst a climate of mistrust, fear, and reluctance, even a contract signed on the finest and most durable paper in the world could never compare with a silent promise."

Buddhist insights: Not Thinking About Thinking by Ajahn Sumedho. questions related to the current pandemic, the coronavirus. Plus Insights into ’Consciousness beyond consciousness’. wp.me/pFy3u-61e.

Buddhist read: Photographs of India and Burma, 1852-1860 by Captain Linnaeus Tripe wp.me/pFy3u-2WU From an exhibition at the V&A London.

Buddhist practice: If our thoughts go in the right direction, then realisation is easy. 'Self and Body Disappear' Myoljin Sunim j.mp/5Scabj #Zen

Delusion might tell us that our anger is justified, that the person or situation responsible for our anger must be corrected or changed for us to feel at ease. Goodnight everyone look after yourself.

Everyday Buddhist: Pointing at the moon, looking at the moon, I’m just an old traveller along the way. 'Who is the Laughing Buddha?' wp.me/pFy3u-4AB.

Buddhist insights: Dhamma — The Way it is. Ajahn Sumedho points to the message of Buddha's teaching wp.me/pFy3u-3d9 Short film (28mins)

Buddhist read: Buddhist practice: ‘A Monk and a Zendo’ by Arthur Braverman wp.me/pFy3u-1x1 ‘A day without work is a day without eating.’

Buddhist insights: There’s probably nothing more beautiful in this world than people relying on and trusting one another. Mutual dependence and human trust. 'Silent Promise', by Beopjeong Sunim wp.me/pFy3u-1U3.

Sariputra, it is because this concentration is unthinkable that it does not exist and is not apprehended. Nevertheless, Sariputra, not anyone is not a recipient of the unthinkable concentration, but all beings also are recipients of the unthinkable concentration. Manjusri Night

Followers of the way: Desire can be compared to fire. If we grasp fire, does it lead to happiness? Let Go of Fire, by Ajahn Sumedho wp.me/pFy3u-ok.

Buddhist insights: There’s probably nothing more beautiful in this world than people relying on and trusting one another. Mutual dependence and human trust. 'Silent Promise', by Beopjeong Sunim wp.me/pFy3u-1U3.

Buddhist read: The Buddha said, “Your Majesty, you have not perished yet. How is it that you know you will perish? 'Visual Awareness Does Not Perish, from the Surangama Sutra' wp.me/pFy3u-5xg.

Buddhist practice: Short film: Kintsugi a tradition with a lot to teach us more generally about how to handle the broken bits of ourselves. wp.me/pFy3u-5Zm A touch of Zen.

When we bring awareness to our experience, we begin to see the gaps in the stories that delusion tells us. We notice the fleeting nature of pleasure, the inevitability of discomfort, and the unreliability of the self-image we cling to. Night night everyone.

Buddhist insights: Human life is extremely hard to find, Geshe Sonam Rinchen. A blind turtle lives on the ocean bed wp.me/pFy3u-sV.

Buddhist insights: Human life is extremely hard to find, Geshe Sonam Rinchen. A blind turtle lives on the ocean bed wp.me/pFy3u-sV.

For our Dutch friends. Het zen onderricht over het onmiddellijk ontwaken. Een complete vertaling van de teksten van Ch’an meester Hui Hai (8e eeuw). Hui Hai was een van de vroege ch’an/zen meesters, tijdgenoot van zowel Ma Tsu als Huang Po. Book website: uitgeverijkadag.nl/het-zen-onde....

Buddhist read: Followers of the way: Awakening is without even faintest whiff of attainment, that's the gist of it. 'Animals do Zazen Naturally' wp.me/pFy3u-1Ev Kozan Kato

Buddhist practice: Try to imagine deathlessness and all you get is some kind of immortal fantasy. wp.me/pFy3u-1t Ajahn Sumedho

May all beings discover their inner kindness and use it wisely. Que todos los seres descubran su bondad interior y la utilicen sabiamente. Goodnight everyone.

Looking for some Buddhism? Why do you want this holy water? By Ajahn Chah wp.me/pFy3u-3jG.

Buddhist insights: Take a look at 'The Burdened Heart', by Ajahn Brahmamuni here wp.me/pFy3u-14V. Translated by Ajahn Sumedho

Buddhist read: What method must be practised? 'Birth and Death', by Shen Hui wp.me/pFy3u-2hv Zen

Buddhist practice: Buddhist insights: Exploring the meaning of compassion in your life, with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche (Buddhist video 93 minute). wp.me/pFy3u-3kR.

Beware of random judgements. I say it clearly as it is — to understand or not to understand, both are mistaken. Rinzai Goodnight everyone stay safe.

Buddhist Meditation: Breaking free of mental activity wp.me/pFy3u-1S Diana St Ruth

Followers of the way: 'Dhamma is like this!... Dhamma is like that!' Thus have I heard: Parable of the Blind Men and an Elephant. wp.me/pFy3u-4bC.

Buddhist insights: Buddhist meditation: 'Absence of Thought', by Shen-Hui wp.me/pFy3u-2hz. Zen

Usually when you hear a telephone, you cannot resist running to it. 'Telephone Meditation' by Thich Nhat Hanh wp.me/pFy3u-26o.

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Buddhist read: Foundations of Buddhism: 'Doctrine of Dependent Origination', by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu wp.me/pFy3u-1ZI.

Buddhist practice: An Inner Search, an interview with Diana St Ruth. (English with Italian subtitles) wp.me/pFy3u-745 About 20 minutes.

Buddha saw life as a flowing procession of conditions, events and circumstances, with one thing leading to another without beginning or end — timeless and limitless Diana St Ruth Goodnight everyone sleep tight.

We all secretly think we're immortal, don't we? 'Dark Side of Life', by John Snelling wp.me/pFy3u-2J7.

Buddhist insights: Very naturally mind and dharmas emerge and harmonise. Buddhist meditation: 'Field of Boundless Emptiness', by Zen Master Hongzhi Zhengjue wp.me/pFy3u-3aq.

Buddhist read: The way is completely present where you are. 'The Supreme Teaching is Free' by Zen master Dōgen wp.me/pFy3u-qv.

Buddhist practice: Tantric View of Nonattachment, by Francesca Fremantle wp.me/pFy3u-H0.

May all beings discover what brings them real happiness. Goodnight everyone.

One Total Reality which is no illusion at all, by Phiroz Mehta. wp.me/pFy3u-6bZ.

Buddhist insights: Followers of the way: 'Luminosity of the Mind' something that I cannot simply explain in words to you. Dalai Lama bit.ly/DLmind.

Buddhist read: Buddhism a path of awareness. Diana St Ruth wp.me/pFy3u-1e2.

Buddhist practice: Short film: Kintsugi a tradition with a lot to teach us more generally about how to handle the broken bits of ourselves. wp.me/pFy3u-5Zm. A touch of Zen.

May all beings realise that suffering will disappear with awareness. Goodnight everyone.

Buddhist film: Dhamma — The Way it is. Ajahn Sumedho points to the message of Buddha's teaching wp.me/pFy3u-3d9 Short film (28mins)

Buddhist insights: One for Tree lovers: The pine symbolises (among other things) friendship and constancy during difficult times. wp.me/pFy3u-1OD.

Sometimes, something drives us forward to effect change; something pulls against the outer appearance of our world and implies further dimension, something unknown, mysterious. 'Purpose and the Search for Happiness', by John Aske wp.me/pFy3u-3bR.

Buddhist read: We all have to learn the comfort of being ourselves — and not someone else. 'The Gods Become Human' by John Aske wp.me/pFy3u-20C.