The buddha believed that joy was the nature of the world, and that we blot that out with clinging. If we pretend joy is bad, we are missing the whole point. I think you are missing the point of my post. If you practice Buddhism seriously and then you decide to leave it, your ability to enjoy life (...

Welcome!

Just reading this thread, one gets the impression that people are obsessed with becoming
to something that can only be speculation and not dharma?

Both capitalism and communism are products of the mind, they are linked to the core, all political ideals are impermanent, socialism can exist for longer with right intention, unfortunately capitalism likes to remain ignorant of the truth and disables public services , whilst investing public( poor ...

Neo- liberals talk a good ideal until they are in financial ruin, then they turn to morality and socialism to bail them out!

Capitalism needs communist method to exist, without public money propping up the Banks( The heartbeat of capitalism) then capitalism would be dead as it should be and is!

Everything changes , nothing is permanent! That includes the notion of a cycle.

Hello Tony

Thanks Paul, will give it a go!

Hello, I live in the UK and would like to purchase a copy of the complete mind stilled series is there anywhere it is available?

Nibbana is the goal to be realised now! This is it.

I am a little different from many others who feel it vital that one should have a teacher or group, the important teachings of the Buddha need self-reflection and self-investigation, only then should one choose a group or sect whatever one likes to call these groups etc.


Who needs a group?

A talk that investigates our intentions, which I hope will be an aid to those struggling with mindfulness. msb.dharmaseed.org/talks/audio_player/163/19556.html

Dharma Seed - Shaila Catherine's Dharma Talks at Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley

Not necessarily a second language, some are more literate than others and some post in an elitist fashion, I had to Google Cogent.