The ten prohibitory precepts—not to kill, not to steal, and so forth—don’t seem like anything special, they are quite ordinary and familiar to almost everyone. It is also well-known that they are pretty difficult to observe! They are quite simple, but quite difficult...

‘How can a dependent origination have a first and a last?’ Arya Nagarjuna

Becoming a Buddhist priest was as much a surprise to me as it was for everyone who knew me. I grew up as a Shin Buddhist, taught elementary school, became a criminal defense lawyer, married a Catholic, and raised three sons attending a neighborhood Catholic church. My...

‘The Buddha points beyond ‘‘is’’ and ‘‘is not’’, beyond ‘‘eternal” and ‘‘annihilated”, and ultimately beyond any view that divides experience into fixed categories.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘And for one who sees the cessation of the world as it truly is with wisdom, There is no notion of existence.’ Kaccānagotta Sutta

‘This world is supported by a polarity: by existence and non-existence. But for one who sees the arising of the world as it truly is with wisdom, There is no notion of non-existence.’ Kaccānagotta Sutta