Deze zinsnede in de Samenvatting van Geloof en Praktijk kan in een aantal dimensies worden begrepen. Het vertelt ons dat nembutsu
This morning my homily to the dragons was on kindness. After all, dragons must learn kindness too and they have their special contribution. The Dharma is not just about kind folk remaining kind nor just nice people being nice. Buddha nature will alw
Une façon courante d'expliquer le karma est d'utiliser l'idée de bija. Un bija est une "graine karmique". On peut penser à des graines karmiques plantées dans le sol de l'esprit. Une graine peut rester longtemps dans le sol avant que ne surviennent
Read more…Paravritti, terugdraaien, is een negatie. Terugdraaien of loslaten is iets ontkennen wat vroeger belangrijk werd geacht.
Westerlingen zijn vaak verbaasd over de manier waarop de boeddhistische leer vaak in de negatieve vorm is gekaderd. We worden ge
Read more…In Karma 1 introduceerde ik het meest gekende idee van karma als een morele winst-en-verliesrekening waarin het goede wordt beloond en het slechte zijn daarmee corresponderende negatieve effecten oogst. Er zijn echter diepgaandere ideeën over karma d
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Much of what I have learnt as Buddhism over the years appears to be topsy-turvy. Although there is a well established idea of what Buddhism is, this is deceptive. There is a hidden meaning within Buddhism that most do not see. The hidden meaning is
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Paravritti, turning back, is negation. To turn back or let go is to negate something that was previously considered important.
Western people are often puzzled by the way that Buddhist teachings are often framed in the negative form. W
Read more…Shan Tao heeft het over De Drie Geesten - Oprechte geest, Diepe Geest en Een geest die verdiensten transfereert voor Ojo. Ojo betekent geboorte in de aanwezigheid van Boeddha. Door de christelijke associatie zou men kunnen terugdeinzen voor het idee
Read more…Buddha came from a “yellow” race, Jesus and Mahommet from a “brown” one. Nobody who claims to follow in the footsteps of these great teachers should be making decisions based on a hierarchy of skin colour. They didn’t. They gave teachings that were u
Read more…In The 37-Bon-Bodai-Bunpo, Dogen says “prevention of that which has not yet occurred is called the Buddhadharma”. This is said in the context of his commentary upon “The Four Kinds of Right Restraint” which is a classical Buddhist teaching. The four
NE COUREZ PAS A LA CATASTROPHE.
Voici le premier d'une série de courts essais, dans lesquels je commenterai le terme paravritti qui joue un rôle important dans de nombreux textes bouddhistes. Le mot est très proche dans son sens de celui d’ « illumi
Read more…BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY
On the one hand, Buddhism is a broad church or umbrella under which many diverse ideas and methods can cluster. Currently there are many popular methods that have some Buddhist connection. Thus we have mindfulness, qi gong, and ra
Read more…INSIGHT AND CALM
In the approach known now as Insight Meditation, there are two phases to practise. The first is to calm the mind and the second is “looking into the true nature of things as they are”. In other words, calm is a basis for the developm
Read more…This article is published by Tricycle magazine at
https://tricycle.org/magazine/dogen-and-enlightenment/
Read more…In het leven van Sidhartha Gotama, die later Shakyamuni Boeddha werd, zijn er twee grote keerpunten. Beide zijn voorbeelden van paravritti, van het terugblikken.
HET EERSTE VOORUIT GAAN
Het eerste keerpunt is naar aanleiding van zijn vertrek. Ons w
Read more…I am often asked how one can select a good teacher. How is one to know if somebody is genuine or not? This seems to be a big worry for some people. They are wary of being tricked. For Western people to give up even a smidgen of their independence is
Read more…In Buddhism there is a theory of conditioning. All conditioned things are impermanent. Buddhism is a religion that is about transcending impermanence and reaching the Deathless - nirvana. However, by definition, one cannot reach the unconditioned sim
Read more…SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT MEDITATION
We should ask ourselves, what is meditation, really? Meditation is surely not sitting still and silent while one’s mind wanders all over, even if, from time to time, one achieves some self-consciousness of what is
EIGEN-KRACHT LEIDT NAAR ANDERKRACHT
Het doel van zelfkracht is om zichzelf te doven. Zelfkracht Boeddhisme is een soort van uitroeiingsboeddhisme: door de kracht van het zelf, het zelf tot nul-conditie brengen. Wanneer het zelf nul is, is alles wat
Read more…Podcast: David Brazier: 5th May 2020 ~ 5 maggio 2020
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So how am I getting on with living the four noble truths at the moment? Well, first of all, there is dukkha, and we are all in the middle of a
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