The fire of Bodhi mind
Bodhi mind enabled by the Homa flames In Japan, a very common Buddhist practice, uses fire. The flames of the Homa fire purify our delusions and ignorance, burning them away […]
Bodhi
September 2013
Bodhi
Bodhisattva
As you may be able to imagine, following on from the last article on Bodhi and the aspiration for enlightenment, a Bodhisattva is someone who is working towards enlightenment, or
Bodhi
Bodhi-Awakening. The secular or the sacred?
It has been claimed that there are two types of life: the secular and the sacred. The secular is the human life with all of its rites of passages, its
The Dharma
The Dharma; practising wisdom and compassion
In this series of articles of the Dharma, we have looked at it from many different perspectives: Dharma in 21st century Japan; Dharma at O Bon time; the Dharma Stream
The Dharma
Hearing the Dharma: the turtle.
In Buddhism, sound is a powerful key to enlightenment. Everyday, twice a day, we chant extracts from the sutras. We strive to keep our mouths pure at all times so
The Dharma
Dharmata or Tathata: the essence of enlightenment
Dharmata or Tatatha: the nature or essence of fully enlightened Buddhas. So, what is a fully enlightened Buddha? It sounds scary and unreachable for most of us. It also
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Dharma-kaya: the body of Truth
The world is filled with beauty – beautiful skyscapes, landscapes, people-scapes, both microscopic (not visible to the human eye) and macroscopic (visible to the human eye). We are all momentarily