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Conventional Body View

People believe that everything they see and conceive of, including their so-called bodily selves, is fixed and permanently there to be used for fulfillment and

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Contemplation of Feelings

Venerable Nyanatiloka Mahathera cites the Word of the Buddha on the contemplation of feelings (Diga Nikaya 22): But how does the disciple dwell in contemplation of the

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Shoshin and the Fear of Others

The previous two articles in this column, which explored combining location-independence with letting the Dharma take the lead—what I term “lily padding”—described how tonglen dissolves the fear of

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The Religion of the Future

A recent report by the Washington, DC-based Pew Research Center projects that some of the world’s major religions are going to expand, with the notable

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