The arahant ideal reaches its optimal exemplification in the Buddha, the promulgator and master of the entire teaching. It was the Buddha...
The arahant ideal reaches its optimal exemplification in the Buddha, the promulgator and master of the entire teaching. It was the Buddha...
If, at this third level, the doctrinal emphasis shifts from the principles of kamma and rebirth to the Four Noble Truths, a corresponding...
Prescriptively, the second level of teaching found in the Dhammapada is the practical corollary to this recognition of the law of kamma, ...
The title "Dhammapada" which the ancient compilers of the Buddhist scriptures attached to our anthology means portions, aspects...
By — Bhikkhu Bodhi From ancient times to the present, the Dhammapada has been regarded as the most succinct expression of the Buddha...
Heedfulness is the path to the Deathless. Heedlessness is the path to death. The heedful die not. The heedless are as if dead already....
Buddhists understand that you can hardly help another before you help yourself. But this isn’t referring to you gaining power or riches...
When I was little, my grandma had this little green Buddha statue. It wasn’t a statue of the original Buddha, but rather a statue of wh...
By Jeannette Moninger WebMD Feature Reviewed by Michael W. Smith, MD Relax. You deserve it, it's good for you, and it take...