Noble Strategy – Essays On The Buddhist Path
Noble Strategy Essays on the Buddhist Path Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) Copyright Copyright 1999 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Revised edition 2018 This work
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NOBLE STRATEGY
Affirming The Truths Of The Heart
Affirming the Truths of the Heart The Buddhist Teachings on Saṁvega & Pasāda We rarely think of Buddhism as an
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Karma
Karma Karma is one of those words we don’t translate. Its basic meaning is simple enough—action—but because of the weight the
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The Road To Nirvāṇa Is Paved With Skillful Intentions
The Road to Nirvāṇa Is Paved with Skillful Intentions There’s an old saying that the road to hell is paved
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The Healing Power Of The Precepts
The Healing Power of the Precepts The Buddha was like a doctor, treating the spiritual ills of the human race.
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Right Speech
Right Speech As my teacher once said, “If you can’t control your mouth, there’s no way you can hope to
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Trading Candy For Gold
Trading Candy for Gold Renunciation as a Skill Buddhism takes a familiar American principle—the pursuit of happiness—and inserts two important
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A Guided Meditation
A Guided Meditation Sit comfortably erect, without leaning forward or backward, left or right. Close your eyes and think thoughts
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One Tool Among Many
One Tool Among Many The Place of Vipassanā in Buddhist Practice What exactly is vipassanā? Almost any book on early
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What Is Emptiness?
What is Emptiness? Emptiness is a mode of perception, a way of looking at experience. It adds nothing to and
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No-self Or Not-self?
No-self or Not-self? One of the first stumbling blocks in understanding Buddhism is the teaching on anattā, often translated as no-self. This
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The Image Of Nirvāṇa
The Image of Nirvāṇa We all know what happens when a fire goes out. The flames die down and the
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Abbreviations
Abbreviations AN Aṅguttara Nikāya MN Majjhima Nikāya SN Saṁyutta Nikāya Thag Theragāthā Ud Udāna
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