Gautama Buddha

  • Mind Walk 17 Feb 2016

    N. and I go wandering around Denton thinking about Carlos Castaneda and letting the thoughts wander with us. Continue reading

  • Liberation Through Non-Clinging

    A dharma talk where Buddhist teacher Joseph Goldstein discusses the nature of impermanence and letting go of the grasping mind. Related articles The Buddha as counter-evolutionary (thenonbuddhist.com) The Buddha’s Struggle With Anxiety? (thebuddhasmind.wordpress.com) Beginning Buddhism (busybuddha.wordpress.com) Four Noble Truths (maribelquinones.wordpress.com)… Continue reading

    Liberation Through Non-Clinging
  • Originally posted on MUGEN.travel.photos.writings.: Our next destination is Bodhgaya, the place where Gautam Buddha became enlightened. Its took 4 hours to reach Bodhgaya from Varanasi and I’m so glad that manage include Bodhgaya in my itinerary. Bodhgaya, also known as Uruvela in the… Continue reading

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  • Advice while Awake

    When the occasion requires, speak mindfully. Be timely, not untimely. Be decisive, not confused. Be gentle, not harsh. Be generous, not miserly. Be compassionate, not cruel. Oh beloved friend, mindful of internal & external feelings, comprehend how few occasions ever… Continue reading

    Advice while Awake
  • Bhikkhu Goldstein

    Much respect for Joseph Goldstein. I have been listening to his dharma talks for over a month now, and they are quite helpful. Not only have the talks added to my knowledge of Buddhism, they have also enlightened my understanding… Continue reading

    Bhikkhu Goldstein
  • A nice run through of the precepts on the way to no-thinking. Namaste. Related articles Absolutely Awake to the Encompassing (keithwaynebrown.com) AI, or Awakened Intelligence (keithwaynebrown.com) Meaning of Namaste (andreadurham.wordpress.com) The Path to the Fearless (evolutionsangha.wordpress.com) Continue reading

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  • Seeking what the Wise Seek

    “You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” — Friedrich Nietzsche “Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among… Continue reading

  • Absolutely Awake to the Encompassing

    I am sure that if you look through my site, you would find me to be some kind of Buddhist social critic. I post all kinds of Buddhist sayings as well as lots of material on the Society of Control… Continue reading

    Absolutely Awake to the Encompassing
  • An Indistinct Sky: No-Thinking

    “In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.” Siddhartha Gautama, the Awakened Related articles Struggle Falling Away: Love (keithwaynebrown.com) Awake for Deathless Wisdom (keithwaynebrown.com)… Continue reading

  • Debt and the Indebted Person

    What is it about “you must repay your debts” that allows even the best of people to justify the worst human actions? It is very much worth your time to at least listen to the 65 minute lecture below by… Continue reading

    Debt and the Indebted Person
  • No Room for Improvements

    You would find your own life and the lifeworld itself flourishes with more gracefulness if you just let-go the need to improve yourself. Wait, wait: Don’t misunderstand me. Not recommending that you stop doing Yoga or meditating or learning skills… Continue reading

    No Room for Improvements
  • Intersecting Wisdom

    “Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning – I am surely far different from what you suppose; Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal? Do you think it so easy to… Continue reading

  • wandering, wondering: (a)maze

    Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the… Continue reading

    wandering, wondering: (a)maze
  • Awake for Deathless Wisdom

    In a world become blind, I beat the drum of the Deathless. Siddhartha Gautama, the Awakened Ariyapariyesana Sutta Source: peace-n-kindness.tumblr.com via Keith Wayne on Pinterest Related articles Letting-go Hateful Circumstance by the Naming of the World (keithwaynebrown.com) Heart And Soul… Continue reading