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The Story of Sanakavasa | Part 2

"In this lump of red flesh there is one who goes in and out of the sense gates a thousand times a day. Do you know him?”

The Story of Sanakavasa | Part I

What is the ‘great comfort’ that causes the remarkable transformation of the heart and how do we come to realise it? 

Ananda and the Untouchable

Stories Retold
Metta, sometimes translated as goodwill or loving kindness, is an essential aspect of the Buddha nature that reveals itself when ‘I’ am forgotten.

"Why I almost gave up Zen Training, and what kept me going."

Dr Alan Sidi
Sometimes we may wonder if this training will ever take effect, Dr Alan Sidi recounts how he almost gave up the practice and what it was that kept him going.

Sipping Life

Daily life practice teaches us to de-clutch from the past and the future and to re-connect with the eternal now that is continually within us.
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