Buddhism in daily life - Mindfulness in every day tasks

When do you give up suffering? Buddha said again and again that life is suffering. And what do we suffer, again and again, from rejection, from failure, from too little of this and too much of that, p...

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It's your own fault! Your wound may not be your fault, but the healing is clearly your responsibility. Everyone is responsible for his own life; he shapes his future by his thoughts, words and actions...

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People are donkeys In a distant village in the Chinese province once lived a farmer. With his sons he farmed the meager fields, the daughters helped their mother in the house. On the farm lived many a...

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The Plague God Many years ago, an old wanderer was sitting under a tree, taking a rest. Then the god of plagues passed by his place, the man was frightened and fear overtook him. Nevertheless, he gree...

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Possession in Buddhism In a secluded temple once lived a Buddhist monk full of wisdom and goodness, completely alone as a hermit. Long ago, the buildings had been erected, in the mountains, high above...

15 Tammi 20235min

Karma is very individual How people treat us is their karma, how we react is ours! Karma is a term from Sanskrit and roughly translated means "effect". According to the concept of karma, there is caus...

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What remains is only the tea In a beautiful monastery once lived an "enlightened" monk, he had followed the historical Buddha and also "awakened". His disciples loved him, his wisdom was comprehensive...

13 Tammi 20235min

The content is more important than the container Just now I am in Shaolin Temple Europe in the office of the abbot. Here there is an extensive library of Buddhist books, many of which have Chan (Zen) ...

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