May
14
As you may have seen, a week or so ago I wrote about the wisdom of Buddha and the four noble truths. The four noble truths of course are an integral part of the eightfold path. You must know them both full to truly be Buddhist.
I wish to start an in depth study of [...]
Karmacino is like Digg for the Buddhist community and it looks pretty cool. I’ve just signed up. My username is zen.housewife
Christmas is over. In the long run-up to Christmas when the day actually comes it’s all over in a flash. I’ve been reflecting on impermanence these past few days.
Driving down the motorway at night. Headlights appear, dazzle and are gone.
Standing in a kitchen drying dishes. My sister-in-law realises that she must [...]
Some months back I was looking for a Buddha to take pride of place in my little shrine. This would have been ideal, if a little on the large side. Right action for the environment!
[via: Make]
Tomorrow I’m off on my first ever retreat. It’s a one day insight meditation retreat. I’m excited and nervous.
An elderly gentleman with a long white beard looked at the group and said: “Here’s how I see it. We are conditioned to seeing things as black and white, my way is right and your way is wrong, and this causes us to react in a knee-jerk fashion to things and people that irritate us. [...]
Oct
28
I wrote a blog post at EcoStreet last week about Buy Nothing Day 2007. If you aren’t familiar with BND, it’s a 24-hour detox from consumption, but it’s also more importantly an opportunity to connect with your consumer conscience, for some perhaps even a life changing experience.
When the blog post was submitted to Digg [...]
Prompted by Peter at Large from The Buddha Diaries, who has initiated an “inspirational teachers” meme, here is my tribute to teachers who have been there for me.
I was that much of a reprobate during my school years that I didn’t give any teacher the opportunity to engage with me, even if they had tried [...]
Over the summer months I’ve been erratic both with my meditation practice and with posting to this blog. As the seasons turn and we’re heading indoors to keep warm, I’m also feeling a return happening within myself as I come back to myself and my meditation practice. And with that I’m coming back [...]
Aug
8
This is the fourth Thich Nhat Hanh book that I’ve read. I’m very taken with his writing style and find it easy to read and understand. He keeps it very simple, with an almost childlike simplicity, and consequently his story telling flows easily and is very uncomplicated.
Old Path, White Clouds is the life [...]