The fourteen unanswerable questions (Avyakrta in Sanskrit), in Buddhism, refers to fourteen common philosophical questions that Buddha refused to answer, according to Buddhist Sanskrit texts. Pali texts give only ten. Questions concerning the existence of the world in time: 1.…
I am not going to discuss whether or not Buddhist’s believe in a soul or no soul (anatta). But instead, try to describe what would seem to be a temporary black-out of my practice. A feeling of unsettledness, loss, emptiness,…
At a recent service at Blue Lotus Temple, the dhamma discussion was led my one of the sangha members. It was very inspirational, honest, candid and filled with personal insights and observations that I think everyone benefited from hearing. At…
Really, a good witch? A witch is a believed to posses supernatural powers and practice sorcery. So I don’t see there being an option of good or bad. If you subscribe to witchcraft, then this post may not be for…
“Attachment is the origin, the root of suffering; hence it is the cause of suffering.” ~ The Dalai Lama at Harvard University, 1988 The Second Noble Truth is that the origin of suffering is attachment (upādāna). And obviously, the Dalai…