by Janice Cittasubha Sheppard The phrase that titles this article is something I heard first when I attended a monastic retreat in 1996. It is recited during the daily morning recitation of the Homage to the Buddha. It stayed with me throughout that retreat and has continued to inspire and comfort me ever since. An […]
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The Role of Faith in Buddhism
By Venerable Ajahn Punnadhammo The Dharma of the Buddha is not a religion of blind faith. It is far more demanding than that. It is a religion of experience; of exploration and discovery. The Buddha said that his teaching was ehipassiko, which means “come and see.” Few of the great teachers in history have made […]
How and Why We Sit, By Mark Nunberg
There’s an old saying: “If we always do what we’ve always done, we’ll always get what we’ve always gotten.” This old proverb helps us understand why one might want to sit down right in the middle of one’s life and train the heart to be intimate or real with the conditions of the moment. “This […]