Buddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs
the general practice of Buddhism, which is to free the mind from its habitual confusion of words, ideas, and concepts with reality, and from all those emotional disturbances and entanglements which flow from this confusion. Thus the ego, time, the body, life, and death are all viewed as concepts having neither more nor less reality than abstract nu
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Living Dharma: Teachings and Meditation Instructions from Twelve Theravada Masters
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Buddhism is unique, as far as I know, in insisting that the kind of answers we want cannot be had, anywhere. Emptiness—inherent uncertainty—is at the heart of Buddhism. For this reason, Buddhism is sometimes described as “The Way of Disappointment.” If we follow it sincerely, Buddhism repeatedly crushes our hope that somehow it will satisfy our lon... See more
The futile quest for certainty | Vividness
When the Buddha made his discoveries, he said, “I have found the builder, and I will not build the house of pain again.” Without your fictions, life has a simplicity that is full of beauty. There is nothing I dislike.
John Tarrant • Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
Modern science and Buddhism cannot contradict, because Buddhism is based on reality.