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Online marketing and the ego

This post could also be called ‘Social networking and the bodhisattva vow‘, because what sparked it was a twitter conversation I had with a friend about whether or not I’m a Bodhisattva. She unknowingly put me on the spot. I do aspire to the bodhisattva vow, but I’m well aware that one isn’t just a [...]

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In the sky there is no distinction of 'East' and 'West'…

“Apparent distinctions among things exist only in our minds. For example, in the sky there is no distinction of east and west. People create such distinctions and then believe them to be true. We do the same in everyday life- making distinctions, such as “us” and “them,” where none exist and believe them to be [...]

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Spiritual Growth and Sunyata

I explained the difference and convergence of Sunyata and Nirvana yesterday. Today I want to go into what that means for every day spirituality. This is where the Buddhist tradition offers a variety of responses. There are those who feel that one first has to practice virtue, live up to the ideals of the many [...]

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Samsara, Nirvana and Sunyata

In Mahayana Buddhist philosophy these three words are connected. But in order to understand what this means, one has to know their individual meanings first.

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To my Buddhist (and semi-Buddhist) readers

I feel blessed to already have so many readers and comments that I have to explain my basic attitude to blogging and spirituality not just to theosophists, but to (Western) Buddhists as well.
First off: my basic concern is the pursuit of wisdom, not knowledge. This is what I also tried to say in my post [...]

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