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COUNSELLING AND BUDDHISM

This is a piece I wrote in August 2012

Somebody showed me a piece of writing about how counselling and Buddhism relate to one another that suggests that counselling is only really appropriate for people who have not yet discovered the true Dharma pat

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BUDDHISM AND ANIMALS

Based on a talk given at Quaker Concern for Animals, May 2005

by David Brazier (aka Dharmavidya)

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THREE LEVELS

Buddhism offers a religious vision at three levels. At the ultim

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ECO DHARMA EVENT

Reprinted from the Network of Buddhist Organisations circulation:

Dear friends. This is just to let you know about an event planned for February; a day of workshops, dialogue and talks exploring the Buddhist response to climate emergency. Please use

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POST-MAPPO REDISCOVER INNOCENCE


In my Dharma talk today I suggested that we are now in the fourth age of the Dharma. In the first age of the Dharma Buddha Shakyamuni was still in this world or had recently passed away and people became enlightened by direct encounter with him or wi

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CONCEIT

“I’m better than these people” “I’ll never be as good as these people” “They’re all cleverer than me” “I must let everybody know that I know important people” “I’ll include in my little speech all the important books and concepts I have read so that

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AMIDA SAMADHI

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

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SINCERITY IN PRACTICE

Shan Tao talks about The Three Minds - Sincere mind, Deep Mind and Mind that Transfers Merit for Ojo. Ojo means birth in the presence of Buddha. Because of the Christian association, one might flinch from the idea of being a “born again Buddhist”, b

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MAKING A BURIED WOOD GARDEN BED

In Germany this is called hugelkultur. You can look it up on the web. It is a way of making a garden bed that is relatively drought resistant, by burying wood. The wood rots and becomes a sponge which retains water. It can be done on a big scale if y

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TAO TE CHING 42: Yi Wei


TEXT

道生一,一生二,二生三,三生万物。

万物负阴而抱阳,
冲气以為和。

人之所恶,唯孤、寡、不谷,
而王公以為称。

故物或损之而益,
或益之而损。

人之所教,
我亦教之。

强梁者不得其死,
吾将以為教父。

TRANSLATION

Tao give rise to one, one gives rise to two, two gives rise to three, three gives rise to a multitude.

Everyone puts yin behind and embr

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