Like the Banyan Tree, the roots that have been ripped out, will eventually return from the sky and back to the earth–where life that was once so mercilessly uprooted will return to take root once more.
Tag: buddhism
Ahimsa and Abortion | The Rebirth of Ancestors as Descendants
Sex-selective abortion is the practice of terminating a pregnancy based upon the predicted sex of the infant.
Pratītyasamutpāda | The Buddhist Perspective on Cause and Condition
The law of cause and effect can be explained as the relations and conditions which must be present for phenomena and occurrences to take place. Without these relations and conditions, nothing will actually happen.
Buddhism on Mental Peace
Buddha believed that once we remove ignorance by discovering the Truth, we would attain the wisdom we need to end our own suffering.
Lord Yama and Haw Par Villa | Chinese Mythology on The Afterlife
Lord Yama, the King of Hell, is a dharmapala wrathful god who is said to judge the dead.
The Heart Sutra | A Life of Embracing Emptiness
Perhaps they feared the emptiness I always embraced.
The Sky Burials of Tibet | Honouring The Great Mother
“Do not be afraid. Everyone before you has died. You cannot stay, anymore than a baby can stay forever in the womb…”
Kodo Sawaki and The Art of Zen Meditation | Author Interview with Arthur Braverman
“Thanks to Sawaki, Antaiji is truly devoted to the ways of the ancients. And thanks to his main disciple Uchiyama, it is one of the few Zen temples in Japan that is quite open to foreigners practicing together with the Japanese monks.”
Haemin Sunim and Religious Syncretism in Korea
Sunim’s book inspired me to re-read Religion in Korea: Harmony and Co-Existence. It’s a little book that I borrowed a while back from the library. I mainly picked it up because I was interested in studying about Korean Shamanism–a practise that prehistoric Koreans brought with them as they migrated to the peninsula from Central Asia.
The Cosmic Plan | The Little Light by Dipa Sanatani
The child in me always believed that somewhere somehow all the living entities in this universe are assisting each other to find their true purpose. This invisible inter-relation of entities is beyond past, present, and future.