Ushiku Daibutsu Tsukuba (www.japan-experience.com)
Ushiku Daibutsu: the Ushiku Daibutsu in Ibaraki is one of the tallest statues in the world and at 120m is the tallest Buddhist statue.
Ushiku Daibutsu: the Ushiku Daibutsu in Ibaraki is one of the tallest statues in the world and at 120m is the tallest Buddhist statue.
Is there a world outside of you? Or is there no world outside of you?...
Mindfulness to the Fore : The Meaning of Parimukhaṁ
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon
There is a tendency within Buddhist studies – especially its philosophical wing – to represent the rarified abstractions of Buddhist philosophers as far removed from the political machinations of court and kingdom. From this perspective, there could be nothing more apolitical than the Buddhist doctrine of emptiness coming...
"First Things First" in First Things First: Essays on the Buddhist Path by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
A brief talk on why no one actually wants sensual desires.