Today I’d like to say something about the earth element. I’d like to make some reflections on this subject. Shakyamuni Buddha often talks about the elements, and he usually starts by talking about the earth element.
We are at the beginning of a new semester, a new term, and so I would like to take the time and perhaps make a slightly longer podcast to set out the basics of the Buddhis message.
I’ve been thinking about friendship and philia. Philia is one of the Greek words for love, but in this case love between friends. There are other words for other kinds of love in Greek, so we have eros, which is love between lovers, storge, which is
Podcast GS40: 14 de julio de 2021: traducido por Nando Maril
El envejecimiento, la enfermedad y la muerte son inevitables y todos nuestros intentos por evitar esta realidad son medidas temporales que envejecerán, se deteriorarán y fracasarán. Todos nu
Podcast GS38: 21 de junio de 2021: traducido por Nando Maril
Quiero intentar explicar algo que es fundamental en el enfoque de Tierrapura. Creo que puedo expresarlo en una frase: si quieres seguir el tipo de enseñanzas que estoy compartiendo, por favo
Podcast GS39: 2 de julio de 2021: traducido por Nando Maril
Cuando entramos en la sangha, tendemos a traer con nosotros los patrones que hemos establecido en nuestra vida. Un grupo entre nosotros ha explorando recientemente cómo afecta nuestra experie
Aging, sickness and death are inevitable and all our attempts to avoid this reality are temporary expedients that will themselves age, decay and fail. All our projects come to an end. Should we not be depressed? Should we not despair? Are our happy s
When we enter the sangha, we tend to bring with us the patterns which we have established in our life. A group of us were recently exploring how our experience in our own family of origin affects our attitude to our life in the sangha.
Recentemente pensavo ai dieci precetti Mahayana. Talvolta prendiamo questi precetti per impegnarci nel sentiero del Dharma e promettiamo di non uccidere , non rubare, non dire il falso e così via. Quando pensiamo a queste promesse, per prima cosa pen
I was thinking recently about theTen Mahayana Precepts. Sometimes we take these precepts as a way of committing ourselves to the Dharma path; and we undertake not to kill, not to steal, not to tell lies and so on. And when we think of these undertaki
Vorrei cercare di spiegare qualcosa che è centrale nell’approccio della Terra Pura, penso di poterlo esprimere in una frase: se volete seguire il tipo di insegnamento che condivido, per favore non cercate di correggervi. Naturalmente tutti noi abbiam
Podcast GS37: 16 de junio de 2021: traducido por Nando Maril
Recientemente estuve pensando en losDiez Preceptos Mahayana. A veces tomamos estos preceptos como una forma de comprometernos con el camino del Dharma; y nos comprometemos a no matar, a no
Podcast GS10: 8 de enero de 2021: traducido por Nando Maril
A veces hablamos de psicología Budista. Me gustaría explicar cómo entiendo este término. ¿Qué es la psicología Budista? A menudo te encuentras con cosas en Occidente que pretenden ser psicol
In navolging van de podcast van vorige week over boeddhistische psychologie is mij gevraagd of ik iets meer zou zeggen over dat onderwerp, en in het bijzonder of ik iets meer zou kunnen zeggen over wat boeddhistische psychologie zegt over de relatie
Sometimes we talk about Buddhist psychology. Here I’d like to say a little bit how I understand this term. What is Buddhist psychology? Often you encounter things in the West which purport to be Buddhist psychology, but when you look at them closely,
This morning I was sweeping my carpet – Namo Amida Bu – Namo Amida Bu – Namo Amida Bu. I swept the dust; all the dust that has been brought in when I’ve been bringing in firewood for the fire – Namo Amida Bu – Namo Amida Bu – Namo Amida Bu.
A seguito del podcast della scorsa settimana sulla psicologia buddista, mi è stato chiesto di dire qualcosa di più sull'argomento, in particolare qualcosa di più su ciò che la psicologia buddista dice a proposito delle relazioni, su ciò che succede q