The White Lotus has been dominating the TV conversation for weeks, producing memes (“Piper, noooo!”) and endless online discourse about incest, male onscreen nudity, and Lorazepam. But one major facet of this season has fueled fewer hot takes and text chains: its...
Spirituality
FPMT Announces the Reincarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) has announced that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has confirmed that the reincarnation of their founding teacher, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, has been reborn. According to a statement released by FPMT: With great...
Morning meditation — To live a life of Buddhist practice is to live the function of awakening.
‘To live a life of Buddhist practice is to live the function of awakening. Every moment of awareness, every act of compassion, and every instance of letting go is an expression of the awakened mind.’ Everyday Buddhism
The Bodhisattva Cult and a Newly Rediscovered Masterpiece of Pala Buddhist Art.
Bodhisattva known variously as Lokanatha (Savior of the World), Lokeshvara (Lord of the World) or the overarching Avalokiteshvara.
Morning meditation — Come to practise for liberation!
‘Come to practise for liberation! It isn’t easy to live in accordance with true wisdom, but whoever earnestly seeks the path and fruit and aspires to Nibbāna will be able to persevere and endure.’ Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — To seek truth is not to entangle oneself in concepts or to cling to views.
‘In the heart of the Buddha’s teachings lies a profound caution: to seek truth is not to entangle oneself in concepts or to cling to views. Words, descriptions, and ideas — while useful as pointers — are ultimately inadequate to capture the depth of reality.’ Everyday...
Morning meditation — You too are perfectly protected.
‘You too are perfectly protected. It just isn’t obvious to you. You are receiving all the care, protection and guidance and love of all the universe. You just haven’t been able to see it yet, but you will.’ Harada Tangen Roshi
Morning meditation — The true “original mind” has nothing to measure it by.
‘The true “original mind” has nothing to measure it by, there’s nothing you can know it by. In its natural state it is unshaken, unmoving.’ Ajahn Chah
Morning meditation — Practise till it is no longer practice.
‘Practise till it is no longer practice but a natural movement. Then, in a crisis, there is a sort of calm, an inner calm, a sort of coolness inside.’ Trevor Leggett
Morning meditation — In the simplicity of the Dhamma.
‘In the simplicity of the Dhamma, we discover the true refuge that the Buddha so compassionately pointed to.’ Everyday Buddhism