The easy answer to this would be the cessation of suffering. But cessation can be a pause or interruption in suffering, and not the permanent elimination. But don’t each of us appreciate and enjoy moments of happiness that are free…
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…
The Heart Sutra is a Mahayana Buddhist sutra. Its Sanskrit name Prajnaparamita Hṛdaya literally translates to “Heart of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom”. This sutra basically says: When a person has perfected his wisdom he can see that the five…
In this mornings meditation, I tried something different. I opened myself to the spaciousness of this existence, and allowed recollections of past lives. To my surprise, it quickly came to me that my previous existence was that of a Monk.…
The Essence of Dhamma (dhamma-dhatu) could also be viewed as Buddha-nature (Buddha-dhatu) or Buddha element. Theravada and Mahayana traditions have different takes on this, but I see it as two perspectives on the same reality. That is that we each…