Tag: Nibbana

The Glorious Sutta

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Excerpt from the Maha Mangala Sutta – The Glorious Sutta (translation and Commentary by Dr. R.L. Soni revised by Bhikkhu Khantipalo) In life, one is plagued by desires; in Nibbana, all desires are extinguished and all clingings are nullified. In…

So many questions

The Buddha taught that we should question everything, and investigate with our own minds to determine what is valid. And most recently, I have found myself doing a lot of questioning and examination. A lot more than I have done…

Between a rock and a hard place

How often I feel that I am truly stuck between a rock and a hard place. Doing something or doing nothing, both seem to be equally bad choices. Do you ever find yourself feeling this way also, like there is…

How much to give yourself

I have come to see that giving in the American culture is one which always has an expectation attached to it. We may give to charities etc, but we always have some type of expectation attached to that act. We…

The Three Pillars

Yesterdays dhamma talk by the Venerable Bhante Sujatha was about the Three Pillars in Buddhism. He spoke of the Three Pillars being Dana (giving), Sila (virtue, moral conduct), and Bhavana (loosely translated as meditation). His talked spurred me to investigate…