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The Ultimate Addiction

Our basic motivation in life is the drive to obtain the illusion of ontological security. ‘Ontological security’ might be explained by saying that it is when...

How to know if you're actually busy, or you just have a lot on

It was Michael Neill who first raised my awareness to this distinction. Have a read and see what occurs to you. What are we looking at here? A ...

Japanese Monks – priests of nothingness

Those familiar with Japanese background or culture might have seen some version of a komusō, or “priest of nothingness.” Instantly recognizable (and simult...

We conceive God as glory, as creativity and as austerity. Vishnu is glory and magnificence, Brahma is creativity force, and Siva is austerity and renunciatio...

Buddhist Master's 21 Rules for a Healthy Lifestyle

For years I struggled to find the peace I really wanted. You know the dream: * Happiness * Not overthinking * No anxiety * Physically fit * And to live eve...

Buddhist Art is from another reality

Brightly-colored Buddhas holding strange ritual implements, meditational deities wearing human bone ornaments, voluptuous goddesses and terrifying, wrathful ...

5 Simple Lessons to find your Zen

It doesn’t matter if you’re an atheist, devout follower of your faith, an agnostic, or anywhere in between—there’s wisdom to be learned from the world’s re...

The Argument On Vegetarianism In Tibet

The dilemma of vegetarianism was a vexed one for Buddhists in Tibet, where the large alpine landscape is acceptable for nomadic herding and a meat-and-dairy-...

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BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO BASIC CONCEPTS OF "TIBETAN" BUDDHISM

There are books, too numerous to mention, that relate the story of the historic Buddha, Prince Gautama Shakyamuni, and explain his teachings and the basic co...

Description of the Vajrayāna tradition

Overview: Vajrayāna Buddhism is a.k.a. Tantric Buddhism, Tantra, Mantrayana, Tantrayana, Esoteric Buddhism, Diamond Vehicle, Adamantine Vehicle, Comple...

Intro to Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism, the teaching of the Buddha as practiced and taught in Tibet, is at last becoming known to the world. Because of Tibet’s secluded location, ...

The Fascinating Discovery Of The World’s Oldest Book

Ask people to name the world’s oldest printed book and the common reply is Gutenberg’s Bible. Few venture that the answer is a revered Buddhist text called t...

7 Things the Buddha Never Said

The historical Buddha said many things in his long lifetime of teaching. But have you ever heard a supposed Buddha quote and wondered, Did he really say that...

The Most Powerful Way of Dealing with Toxic People in Your Social Circle

We’ve all come across toxic people before. You know, the type of person that can be manipulative, judgmental and inconsiderate of anyone’s feelings. It can ...

What Is Karma and How Does It Work?

The Buddha taught that because of karma, beings are bound to the ever-turning wheel of rebirth. Only when a person stops believing in the existence of a perm...

Dalai Lama Loves Everyone... Except For Dorje Shugden Followers

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, has for decades travelled the world with a message of peace, compassion and love that has won him hundr...

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