Buddhism in daily life - Mindfulness in every day tasks

Freedom of decision At every crossroads we can decide, forward, backward, right or left; at the next crossroads again, then again, again and again. Decisions are often not easy to make. And a not insi...

13 Sep 20225min

The cycle of life The birds eat the worms, after our death the worms eat us, life is a coming and going, it is a cycle. According to Buddha, the cycle of rebirths is not limited to eating and being ea...

12 Sep 20225min

The food in the temple part 2 During my stays at Shaolin Temple, I became more and more comfortable with the vegetarian way of life at the monastery, even though I enjoyed trying all kinds of food at ...

11 Sep 20226min

Willpower It is such a thing with the will, it sometimes develops unbelievable forces. Although according to the great teacher we should not want anything, in daily life we more often fall back into o...

10 Sep 20225min

The food in the temple The food in the Shaolin Temple is traditionally very modest, naturally vegetarian and very healthy. The main dish (filling side dish) is rice, topped off with tofu and vegetable...

9 Sep 20225min

Ceremonies An integral part of my new life (as a budding monk) at the time was attending Buddhist ceremonies at Shaolin Temple. These ceremonies always took place either very early, long before the te...

8 Sep 20225min

Negative things part 2 Right, negative things we want to ignore from now on (as far as it is somehow possible). If something negative comes on TV again, then change the channel until something "positi...

7 Sep 20225min

Negative things Very often I am asked how to deal with the many negative things around us. My answer is simple: ignore them. Firstly, the term "negative" already contains a valuation (according to the...

6 Sep 20225min