In part four of his five part series, Bill Cunningham explores the meaning of Buddhism to 21st Century practicioners.
The heart of Buddhism is the joyous and hopeful message that we can live happily and wholesomely here and now. It is the description of how to practice and develop that … Click to read more…
In part three of his five part series, Bill Cunningham explores the meaning of Buddhism to 21st Century practitioners.
In Part Two we saw that, according to Buddhism, our basic problem is that we want to be happy without suffering, but life isn’t that way. Let me clarify why this is so.
Obviously, we … Click to read more…
In part two of his five part series, Bill Cunningham explores the meaning of Buddhism to 21st Century practitioners.
All religions describe a universal human problem and prescribe a solution to it. Here’s how Buddhists see it. We all have … Click to read more…
In this serialized essay, I attempt to present, as Bhante Henepola Gunaratana might have called it, Buddhism in Plain English. So, it explains core, shared Buddhist teachings and practices, without usual special vocabulary.
Part One compares Buddhism to a few other religions. Buddhism is a religion, like Quakerism, Catholicism, … Click to read more…