The Sutta-nipata is one of the earliest texts of the Pali cannon, coming from the same period as the Dhammapada, before the monastic tradition was strong.

‘Do not do anything (good or bad) and do not even do this not-doing; then straightaway one reaches that place where there is no concern for external affairs, that vast and peaceful place where there are absolutely no obstructing thoughts.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘I’m telling you, it’s great fun to observe closely how the mind works.’ Ajahn Chah

This pure awareness is not detached or indifferent.

‘Though there are ten thousand different names, there are not even two dharma realities. For that reason it is written in a sutra: ‘The teachings in the sutras are fingers pointing to the moon.’ Bassui Tokushō

Season’s Greetings from us all at Buddhism Now and Buddhist Publishing Group.

La vida, para muchos, es una constante búsqueda de equilibrio. En mi caso, como madre de un bebé pequeño, practicante de budismo tibetano, practicante de yoga, y profesional en bienes raíces, alcanzar ese balance ha sido un camino de autoconocimiento y disciplina....

‘The unskilful make distinctions such as 'this person's my friend, this one's my enemy' The wise show goodwill to all.’ Everyday Buddhism

Probablemente te has encontrado con alguna versión del Cuento de Navidad de 1843, de Charles Dickens, donde el infame Ebenezer Scrooge detesta las fiestas y se obsesiona con el dinero, hasta que un fatídico año recibe la visita de su difunto socio y de los “Fantasmas...

‘Going beyond thought is going into sensitivity; it is going into awareness and finally having the mind thinking in a creative, positive, sensitive way, instead of being clogged by the afflictions.’ Corrado Pensa