I’m so unenlightened … my bad karma has its own bad karma. I’m so unenlightened … I accepted Mara’s friend request on Facebook. I’m so unenlightened … I left the form empty at the DMV because emptiness is form and form is...
It is common among Buddhists, even Buddhist teachers, to erroneously claim that the Buddha proclaimed, “Life is suffering.” That mistake is understandable, I catch myself doing it frequently too. There are two problems with this claim. First, according...
On the final evening of the Buddha’s earthly existence, a few hours before his passing, the Buddha was lying down between two sāla trees, mindful and fully aware. According to the story, the trees then scattered, sprinkled and strewed blossoms on the Buddha’s...
Rāhula was the biological son of the Buddha. Or, more accurately, he was the biological son of Prince Siddhattha before Siddhattha became the Buddha. When Rāhula was six, Siddhattha became the Buddha, and when Rāhula was seven, he became a Buddhist monk to join his...
