Spiritual path – Finding Peace and Happiness in the Midst of Chaos, Pain and Strife

June 19, 2020 Taylor

Try As You Might You Can’t Fight Karma

Anger, Attachment, Karma, Precious Human Life, Right Intention, Spiritual path, Suffering

Buddhism teaches that acts that cause suffering to oneself or others are rooted in an ignorance of karma. According to teachings of karma, unwholesome actions

February 5, 2020 Taylor

The Mind

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Just as a fletcher straightens an arrow shaft, even so the discerning man straightens his mind – so fickle and unsteady, so difficult to guard.

September 18, 2019 Taylor

Knowledge & Goodness

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Knowledge is like a knife. You hone it until it’s sharp—really sharp. Then you put it away. The knife can cause both benefits and harm.

September 3, 2019 Taylor

Understanding the Path

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If you really want to contemplate down to the true elemental nature of things in a subtle way, you have to develop the path that

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 Taylor

Subduing Hatred

Anger, Attachment, Consciousness, Defilements, Delusion, Ending Suffering, Mind, Precepts, Spiritual path, Suffering, Uncategorized, Wisdom

“These are five ways of subduing hatred by which, when hatred arises in a monk, he should wipe it out completely. Which five? “When one

June 2, 2019 Taylor

Effort

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Time and again the Buddha has stressed the need for effort, for diligence, exertion, and unflagging perseverance. The reason why effort is so crucial is

May 30, 2019 Taylor

The Road to Nirvana

Attachment, Awakening, Buddhism, Consciousness, Cyclic Existence, Defilements, Desire, Ending Suffering, Four Noble Truths, Happiness, Lust, Meditation, Mind, Right Intention, Samsara, Spiritual path, Suffering, The Cessation of Suffering, Truthfulness, Uncategorized, Wisdom

There’s an old saying that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but that’s not really the case. The road to hell is

May 30, 2019 Taylor

Old Age

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When this world is ever ablaze, why this laughter, why this jubilation? Shrouded in darkness, will you not see the light? Behold this body—a painted

May 24, 2019 Taylor

What Does “The Awakened One” Consider as Misconduct?

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Then Ven. Ananda went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there, the Blessed One said to him, “I say categorically, Ananda, that bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, & mental misconduct should not be done.”