Posts Categorized: Buddhism

A Life Free of Pain

We suffer because we marry our instinctive aversion to pain to the deep-seated belief that life should be free from pain. In resisting our pain by holding this belief, we strengthen just what we’re trying to avoid. When we make pain the enemy, we solidify it. This resistance is where our suffering begins. – Ezra Read More »

  
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A quote on Personality

In Pali, the language of the oldest written Buddhist teachings, the belief in some core notion of self is called sakkaya-ditthi; this is sometimes translated as ‘personality belief.’ It’s said to be the most dangerous of all the defilements, more dangerous than greed or even hatred, because these are rooted in this mistaken belief. This Read More »

  
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Joy over sadness

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation. – Andre Gide

  
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Noble Eight-Fold Path for Kindle and eBook Readers

I sit weekly with an Insight Group in New Orleans, and during the recent dhamma talks, we started working through the Noble Eight Fold Path. Larry, who is leading the group, passed a link to read about Right View at http://www.vipassana.com/resources/8fp0.php Links to the .txt files individually:

  
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