Buddha - Michael Stone

Lotus Sutra 4: Scenes

Rule Rebellion When the Buddha died, the sangha built several stupas (shrines). Different parts of…

Within 50 years of the Buddha’s death, there were 18-25 schools of Buddhism, all offering…

Japanese Novel Let me half remember that Japanese novel I like to leave under my…

Bow At the end of a sit we bow, and we’re not bowing to the…

Bow How do we bow? Our hands are in anjali mudra. Anjali is a Sanskrit…

Zen can be quite a performance sometimes. Especially when the teacher is letting one fireball…

The Buddha famously compared his teachings to a snake. A snake? My dharma, he said,…

1st Prelude Sometimes my unconscious puts the breaks on and says: let’s stop here. For…

Notes on a talk given by Simone Moir at the Centre of Gravity on October…

Digesting the Dharma 3: Waking Up to Relationship by Simone Moir (October 15, 2013/notes/amendments by…