Personal Experience of Buddhist Practice: How I Became a Mindful Bride by Georgina Lucy Howard Last year was the year I got married and I had fourteen glorious months to plan the wedding. You may think I’m being sarcastic when I describe the planning process in such a positive way, […]
Monthly Archives: October 2021
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The Story of the Origin of the Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance Ritual The Holy Water Repentance Ritual is attributed to a famous monk — Wu Da (literally, Realization without Obstruction) during China’s Tang Dynasty. Wu Da became a monk at the age of 7 and by age of 14, he […]
Praises to the Twenty-One Taras Praises to the Twenty-One Taras is a traditional prayer in Tibetan Buddhism to the female Bodhisattva Tara, also known as Ārya Tārā, or Jetsun Dolma. It appears in the Derge Kangyur as “Offering Praise to Tara through Twenty-One [verses] of Homage” The prayer is found […]
Deciphering the Lotus Sutra: Commentary by Gene Reeves (Chapter 3) #1 The Parable of the Burning House is interpreted as saying that the world is like a burning house…leading some to think that our goal should be to escape from the burning house that is this world. But escaping from […]
