Buddhism in daily life - Mindfulness in every day tasks

Doing the right thing Buddhists in particular often want to do the right thing, are righteous people, do not want to harm any living being. But what is 'the right thing', isn't this classification sub...

12 Aug 20226min

Buddhism in Asia and Europe Growing up with a worldview (or religion), experiencing it constantly in one's environment, that is something completely different than 'accepting' it, this of course also ...

11 Aug 20225min

The daily training The days followed each other, getting up every morning at five o'clock, first we went to the morning service, the monks meditated, sang the O mi to Fo, prayed, went into themselves,...

10 Aug 20227min

Wisdom in the breeze The following story was reported from a Buddhist temple: An aged master saw a group of tourists walking up the mountain, the temple was high in the mountains, the view was magical...

9 Aug 20226min

Start part 5 The monk woke me up early, it was still dark, of course I had not yet gotten used to the place, but Shi Yan Zi was very lenient with me, he saw that I was not yet "with me". His day began...

8 Aug 20225min

Sport does not only make muscles Through sport, people suffer less from depression, feel less anxiety, they can sleep much better, and an active person is much less likely to suffer from mental illnes...

7 Aug 20225min

Emotional Blackmail Emotional blackmail is well known to all of us, probably every one of us has tried it. No matter if children or governments, again and again other people try to manipulate us strat...

6 Aug 20226min

The only place The only place we can be is here, right here, where we are right now, because it is our fate, our karma, our destiny. Only here, and nowhere else, in this very special spot, in a place ...

5 Aug 20225min