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In Buddhism, freedom is phrased as “freedom from”, not “freedom to”. Sometimes we mix these two up and think that we should all be able to say or do what ever we feel is right.
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Late Haiku
wild, untameable dense, impen’trable thicket forest of the mind Two rooms with washrooms are now complete. Two more are liveable, leaking roof, no washrooms. Still two caves, makes six. An old meditator is coming on Sunday, we’ve an appointment with … Continue reading
The Story of Cakkhupala – One Who Guards His Vision
On our new Pali Forum, we’ve started translating the first story in the Dhammapada Commentary. Three paragraphs finished, here’s the translation so far: In Savatthi, it is said, there was a land-owner named Greatgold, rich, of great wealth, of great … Continue reading
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Sukho
sukho buddhānamuppādo, sukhā saddhammadesanā. sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī, samaggānaṃ tapo sukho. Happiness is the arising of the Buddhas; happiness is the teaching the righteous truth; happiness is the harmony of the community; happiness is the exertion of the harmonious. – Dhp. … Continue reading
February
Funny thing about writing a weblog is that when there is time to write, it is because nothing worth writing is happening. When there is something to write about, no time. Lots of going-ons lately; many new meditators in February, … Continue reading
Internetish
Back online again for this weekend… just been busy with the monastery and things, trying to take time for meditation, but construction was finishing up this week, which kept my attention. The construction workers built too more rooms, we received … Continue reading
Books
Yesterday 420 books came from Thailand – three tipitaka sets, two with commentaries, one with sub-commentaries. Thai-Thai, Thai-Pali and Devanagari-Pali. The rest of the books are miscellaneous leftovers from my seven years there. Three cabinets as well, altogether 695 kgs. … Continue reading
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Empty
Today our monastery is empty… Bhante Anoma took Nagasena and Jens to Ratanapura, Phalanyani left for Thailand, and no meditators until February. Last night, the workers finished the second floor slab that will become the new bodhi terrace – this … Continue reading
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Haiku #1
New Year’s resolution is to write one Haiki a week. Here’s my first: back from Colombo no to Mahiyangana broadcasts this weekend
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Happy ‘nother Year
Yep, it’s a year again. Some newness for us, though, worth mentioning… First, we’re on a new server now; it’s still a bit unstable, not sure why, but we’re now running a 64-bit operating system, which should help with memory … Continue reading
December 2011 Update
December has been a busy month on all fronts; after the novice ordination, there was the robe dying, robe-wearing instruction, etc. Then we started an off-line Pali class, which has been fruitful – for me at least, learning a bit … Continue reading
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