Silence

A Question of Image

On occasion, I am asked "Why do you bow/kneel to a Buddha image or something that represents the Buddha when there is no God concept in Buddhism"?

Before I get here, it would be appropriate to elucidate my understanding of God and its place in Buddhism. 

Lonaphala Sutta: The Salt Crystal (AN 3.99)

Whatever bad kamma we have done in the past cannot be purified; of that we shall be its heir. However the effects of such bad kamma can be diluted.

Make this the last time - Ajahn Brahm

My 60th year is 2011. Nevertheless, it feels like only yesterday that I was twenty, going out with girls, running around playing soccer, not really worried about my health. A lifetime passes very quickly indeed. It won't be long before I wake up and I'm seventy. This sort of reflection puts our lives in perspective.

Inside 'Buddha's birthplace' - the Maya Devi temple in Lumbini

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28744451

11 August 2014 Last updated at 20:30 BST

Nepal plans to develop Lumbini, long identified as the birthplace of Lord Buddha, as a World Peace City.

What makes a person a Buddhist?

Very often, we decide that others whose behavior we disapprove are not "true Buddhists" or are not "real Buddhists". But the Buddha has given guidance on what makes one a Buddhist and how we should consider those Buddhists who break the precepts.

Earth is a Living Being

Something To Lighten up your Day Part 4

Satchita

http://playingforchange.com/episodes/satchita/

Walking Buddhist Monk surprises Northmead teacher

June 12, 2014, 4 p.m.

Seen: The Walking Monk. Photo: Barry Smith

A Northmead high school teacher had a surprise visit from the walking Buddhist Monk on Wednesday.

Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School teacher Warren Flanagan was teaching when he was informed through a letter he had a visitor waiting for him in reception.

‘‘THE REMARKABLE THING IS THAT JASON VISITED WITH MY SISTER AND HER HUSBAND WHO LIVES IN CANNONVALE, NORTH QUEENSLAND"