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The Firewood of Earthly Desires

Subho's Jejune Diet ― Greed is a major driving force of our times. The wheels of commerce and consumption have made greed legitimate to a point where not being greedy is a sign of being a loser, a misfit. Of course, you don’t openly call it being greedy – ...

Tags: Greed, Buddhism

Subhorup ― 16 min ago

What is Displeasurable is Not-self, Part 2

Ergontic Ontological Consulting—Software for your... ― By itself, this impermanence is neither pleasurable nor displeasurable. Pleasure and displeasure are a question of mental feeling. What, then, is this displeasurableness that is tied up with impermanence; or what is this all-pervading dukkha...

Tags: Ontics, The Ambiguity Of Existence, Buddha, Buddhism, Meditation, Ontics

David Bergen ― 1 hr 25 min ago

11,000 Tibetan Children In SOS Children Care.

One Person, One Opinion, One World. ― SOS Children’s Villages for Tibetan children was initiated in 1960 by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, to care for Tibetan refugee children who had fled across the Tibetan border following the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959. To this day,...

Tags: Buddhism, Bylakuppe, Children, Chinese Invasion Of Tibet, Compassion, Dalai Lama

Cecilia B ― 9 hr ago

I Keep Finding These Little Truisms On My Facebook Page

A Bipolar Journey Through The Rabbit Hole ― This is so accurate. There can be no real peace if one person is disrupting another. World peace starts with …Continue reading »

Tags: Buddha Nature, Gratitude, Interdependence, Peace, Society, Buddhism

Songtothesirens ― 14 hr ago

What is Displeasurable is Not-self, Part 1

Ergontic Ontological Consulting—Software for your... ― With this we come to the heart of the Buddha’s teaching. Since the Buddha’s teaching is aimed at destroying all possibility of mental unpleasant feeling and not bodily feeling (pleasant or otherwise), we would expect that its emphasis...

Tags: Ontics, The Ambiguity Of Existence, Buddha, Buddhism, Meditation, Ontics

David Bergen ― 1 day ago

Craving (Taṇhā) Part 13

Ergontic Ontological Consulting—Software for your... ― Terminology of Desire In the Pali Suttas the words taṇhā, chanda, rāga and nandi often appear together, as in the phrase yo chando yo rāgo yā nandi yā taṇhā ya upāyupādanā (Bhavanetti-sutta,...

Tags: Ontics, The Ambiguity Of Existence, Buddha, Buddhism, Craving, Meditation

David Bergen ― 1 day ago

Break Free from the Chains

Ergontic Ontological Consulting—Software for your... ― Excellent video by Ronny Jacobsen on the teaching of the Buddha.

Tags: Buddhism, Esoteric Teaching, Ontology, Buddha, Ontology, Phenomenology

David Bergen ― 2 days ago

Picture of the Week #32 - Rumtek Monastery (Const. 16th Century)

Picture of the Week #32 - Rumtek Monastery (Const. 16th Century)

Path Rarely Taken ― Picture © Rohan A Singh ∙ (Tsurphu Monastery (Const. 1159 AD) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery which serves as the traditional seat of the Karmapa) ∙ (Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth - Gautam...

Tags: Picture Of The Week, Tibetan Buddhism, Rumtek Monastery, Buddhism, Buddhist Beliefs, Tsurphu Monastery

Travelerrohan ― 2 days ago

Craving (Taṇhā) Part 12

Ergontic Ontological Consulting—Software for your... ― Apart from craving for pleasant sights, sounds, smells, tastes and touches, there is also a craving for pleasant mental images or ideas (dhamma). In Pali this is called dhammataṇhā. Thus craving for ‘I am’ would be...

Tags: Ontics, The Ambiguity Of Existence, Buddha, Buddhism, Craving, Meditation

David Bergen ― 2 days ago

Fushimi Inari

Tags: Japan, Temples, Buddhism, Fushimi, Inari, Japan

LLE Flinn ― 3 days ago

The Stoic Hero’s Triad of Virtue

The Heroic Stoic ― In your preparation for taking on life, there are three facets of your training that are key. You’ve heard them before, as they are nothing new. They are Body, Mind, and Spirit. A Stoic Hero, of course has his own … Continue reading...

Tags: Objectivism, Philosophy, Stoicism, Zen, Body, Buddhism

Chris Cozzi ― 3 days ago

Craving (Taṇhā) Part 11

Ergontic Ontological Consulting—Software for your... ― We see in experience that of kāmataṇhā, bhavataṇhā and vibhavataṇhā, the last two are more potent than the first; and that is because bhavataṇhā and vibhavataṇhā involve ...

Tags: Ontics, The Ambiguity Of Existence, Buddha, Buddhism, Craving, Meditation

David Bergen ― 3 days ago

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