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Win the Game or Lose your Head! A Rohatsu Dharma Talk

A Rohatsu Dharma Talk
Disillusionment and failure can become the vehicle for our liberation.

Looking for Solid Ground

Blog
With his future plans thwarted and feeling dejected, Michael O'Neill falls back on his training in Zen to find a way forward.

Losing Illusions: The Teachings of Rinzai Gigen

“If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha”. What are we to make of such statements when so much praise and reverence is devoted to the Buddha? 

Taking the Medicine: The Noble Eightfold Path

The Four Noble Truths
The fourth and final Noble Truth (the way out of suffering) is not a theory or philosophy, it is a call to practice.

Verses from the Dhammapada 132

As ‘I’ am gradually emptied out, the beauty of the world begins to fill the heart.

Latest Articles

Audio Talks

Win the Game or Lose your Head! A Rohatsu Dharma Talk

Death’s Three Messengers

Transcending Mindfulness: 3 | The Power of Now

Practice

Series

The Five Hindrances | Martin Goodson

These are the factors that hinder progress in meditation and daily life practice.

“Is there someone else I can ask?”

Exercises in Mindfulness
Why can life be so upsetting? Cut through the mental noise in this simple exercise. 

Chanting

Exercises in Mindfulness
The benefits of chanting are many! Find out how to get started in this introduction to a key component of Buddhist practice.

What is Samadhi Power?

Exercise in Mindfulness
Daily life practice gives us the key to freeing the mind.

Enter Sandman

Exercises in Mindfulness
What can we do about sleepiness during mediation?

Magazine

What Floats Your Vote?

Blog
What does Buddhism have to say about the world of political power and money?

Life on Dry Land: A dialogue with Master Torie

Blog
When training for something it's sensible to keep track of our progression. When it comes to Zen training however, this doesn't quite seem to work, in fact it can become quite a serious obstacle.

Extract | The Four Noble Truths by Ajahn Sumedho | Part III

Book Extract
Ajahn Sumedho explains how to let go when suffering arises through the contemplation of the Four Noble Truths.

Mumonkan: The Gateless Gate by Mumon Ekai with commentary by Soko

Book Review
Even before opening this book, I knew that this review would be whole-heartedly endorsing it and recommending it to our readership.

The Zen of Poetry

Poet's Corner
How to use poetry in Zen training.

Buddhism

Taking the Medicine: The Noble Eightfold Path

The Four Noble Truths
The fourth and final Noble Truth (the way out of suffering) is not a theory or philosophy, it is a call to practice.

The Great Medicine of the Buddha

The Four Noble Truths
Unless we can practice what we have learned, we do not have the means of understanding it or an ability to make it a lived experience.
Series

The Four Noble Truths | Dr. Alan Sidi

Dr. Alan Sidi explores the way out of suffering by bringing to life The Four Noble Truths, the first set of teachings given by the Buddha.

Verses from the Dhammapada 132

As ‘I’ am gradually emptied out, the beauty of the world begins to fill the heart.

The Foundations of dissatisfaction and suffering.

The Four Noble Truths
The Buddha said that the cause of suffering is attachment but why does attachment arise in the first place?

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