The Buddha Diet
Filed Under Buddhadharma | Posted on June 6, 2007
Who’d have thought that the Buddha was giving weight loss advice?
Donapaka Sutta
King Pasenadi Goes on a Diet
Samyutta Nikaya 3.13
Translated from the Pali by Andrew Olendzki
Once when the Buddha was living at Savatthi, King Pasenadi of Kosala ate a whole bucketful of food, and then approached the Buddha, engorged and panting, and sat down to […]
Buddhism - “light on community compassion”?
Filed Under Commentary, Buddhadharma | Posted on June 2, 2007
Tyson Williams, in a strange little post entitled The Dalai Lama Down Under, cites some criticisms of contemporary Buddhism that he allows to stand unanswered. I thought I’d answer them.
Buddhism has been accused of being the religion you’re having when you’re not having a religion. Some argue it is a philosophy, not a […]
Top 10 Myths about Meditation
Filed Under Buddhadharma | Posted on May 30, 2007
From Wildmind Buddhist Meditation (click here for the complete article):
Myth #10. Meditation is relaxation
Myth #9. Meditation is just self-hypnosis
Myth #8. There are technological shortcuts
Myth #7. Transcendental Meditation is the most common kind of meditation
Myth #6. You have to sit in lotus position
Myth #5. In meditation you sit there saying “OM”
Myth #4. Meditation is a […]
The First Sermon of the Buddha
Filed Under Buddhadharma | Posted on May 29, 2007
It’s my intention to write a post or two regarding the Four Noble Truths. On the assumption that I’ll follow through with that intention, the text below is the T. W. Rhys Davis translation of the Dhammakakkappavattana Sutta, the first sermon of the Buddha (and therefore the earliest exposition of the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path.)
Sand Mandala’s Lesson of Impermanence gets a Head Start
Filed Under Buddhadharma | Posted on May 28, 2007
The little boy who trotted into Union Station behind his mother spotted the pretty pile of colored sand on the floor and couldn’t resist. Slipping under a protective rope, he danced all over the sand, ruining the carefully crafted picture.
Never mind that it was the creation of eight Tibetan monks who had spent two […]
Lama Surya Das - blog is back
Filed Under Buddhadharma | Posted on May 27, 2007
I’m glad to see that Lama Surya Das’ blog is becoming more active. Launched back in April, 2004, it remained more or less inactive for its first couple of years; but I see that he’s been posting regularly for the last 6 months or so. I’ve added the blog back to my […]
First English Translation of a Buddhist Sutra (1844)
Filed Under Buddhadharma | Posted on May 26, 2007
“The Preaching of the Buddha,” a chapter from the Saddharmapundarika-sutra (Lotus Sutra) translated from Eugene Burnouf’s French by Unitarian Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, was published anonymously in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Transcendentalist journal The Dial in 1844, and is generally considered to be the first Buddhist text available in the English language. (This translation has often […]
UU Buddhism Profiled in UU World
Filed Under Buddhadharma | Posted on May 23, 2007
UU World, the magazine of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, devotes its cover to Buddhism within Unitarian Universalism and publishes several related articles in its Summer 2007 issue.
The publication of this issue is a strong recognition of the growing importance of Buddhism within modern Unitarian Universalism. James Ford notes in […]
Dedication
Filed Under Buddhadharma | Posted on April 30, 2007
May all beings everywhere,
Plagued by sufferings of body and mind,
Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy
By virtue of my merits. may no living creature suffer,
Commit evil or ever fall ill.
May no one be afraid or belittled,
With a mind weighed down by depression.
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