Tag Archives: Buddha
Dharma 101 — Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path (eBooklet)
For your entertainment and enlightenment, here are eight links to eight articles about the eight steps of the Eightfold Path. Which are actually not linear steps at all, but rather eight aspects to cultivate on the path toward full liberation.
Wise Concentration: Moving Away from Multitasking
image source: loveyourchaos.tumblr.com {part eight of the eightfold path series} We live in a distracted way, in a digitized modern world. “The day will come when man will have to fight noise as inexorably as cholera and the plague,” according to Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist Robert Koch. He said that in 1905. Over a century later, acoustic ecologist Gordon [...]
Right Livelihood: What Makes Work Worthwhile?
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. ~Stephen King
the metta sutra
this is what should be done by one who is skilled in goodness, and who knows the paths of peace: let them be able and upright, straightforward and gentle in speech. humble and not conceited, contented and easily satisfied. unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways. peaceful and calm, and wise and skillful, not [...]
On not knowing
There ain’t no answer, There ain’t going to be any answer There never has been an answer That’s the answer. ~Gertrude Stein My mom, whom I love, is a devout Catholic, and to my chagrin, over the past decade has transformed into the breed of Christian so full of the Jesus love that she takes [...]
dharma = truth
Do not dwell in the past. Do not dream of the future. Concentrate the mind on the present moment. ~Buddha Many centuries ago in India, Siddhartha Gautama, a.k.a. the Buddha, discovered these Four Noble Truths: 1. Life is suffering. 2. Attachment is the cause of suffering. 3. There is a way to end [...]
