Dharma Wheel

If we can't see through this, there really is no hope: an insidious attempt to legitimate both science and spirituality placing them hand-in-hand, part of society's self-deluded urge to continually hoist psychology as truth to the highest altar. There is no scientific basis for the spiritual - it ca...

A Day in the Life, Wandering Monk ABC presented by David Rutledge "In the first of a series of programs that tracks the intimate lives of remarkable people over one day we meet Jason Chan the wandering Buddhist monk. He's rather radical because apart from walking barefoot from far north Queensland t...

Of course corporate spirituality is a dangerous myth, a sham, it doesn't exist. Another name for it is the wellness industry with its many spin offs. Big money to be made...apparently it makes approximately three times the profits of the pharmaceutical industry according to recent reports heard on r...

I never got the impression that De Beauvoir was anti semetic but having affairs with young vulnerable girls and then passing them onto Sartre is something I have read about before. It appears the need to please and pleasure Jean Paul Sartre a man she adored perhaps played havoc with her sense of wha...

A different slant. A different perspective, very interesting.

Could not understand why ISIL so hated the poor Azidi's, why were they being terrorized? Apparently the enmity goes back, back....lost in the mists of time. Muhammad's grandson Husayn Ibn Ali was killed by the Azide and thereby made a martyr and his memory much revered in Iran. The masses still flag...

Its interesting that in these times of the neo conservatives proliferating and draconian clampdowns, persecution of whistle blowers ...the powers that be can do nothing about porn? Obviously they want it to flourish, to diminish the reasonable man to nothing but a voyeur of flesh, to be a weakling, ...

Of course only in the non dual is there equal eye and true equality. What we would like is more equality, not just this trickery of the weak trickle down affect which obviously only benefits the powerful and mega rich.

Zhen li, What if there are many Beggars? Perhaps many, many mouths too Feed? When to give and when to say I just cannot anymore....who chooses who is most worthy of your charity.

Indeed, besides Lakshmi the cow and the blessed crow Ramana also had an encounter with a mongoose so extraordinary that the Maharshi declared the animal a siddha

I really don't see a solution to the endless conflict. The eyes of the world are glued on the area. There are many serious problems around the world but not that much attention is given to conflicts in Syria, Africa and countries bordering Russia. Where was the world when the war in Sri Lanka went o...

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One bright spark said, the more money you pay, the less dharma you get.

Jesse, The Buddha lived in the real world. Let's call a spade a spade. We all have to look at the situation clearly and stop making excuses.

"The Buddha gave the Dhamma freely to all. He often underwent difficulties and inconveniences and on occasions even risked his life, in order to teach the Dhamma to others (Ud.78). The monk Punna was prepared to teach the Dhamma in a district where the people were known for their violence and where ...

The arhat conversation with Buddha at the gas pump was interesting, at times idealistic, even good fun but lots and lots of chatter.
I'd much rather listen to Ajahn Sumedho.

The poor definitely suffer but we in the west are impacted as well as most of the clothing is impregnated with formaldehyde, its a no win situation. You buy new clothing but have to wash it thoroughly before wearing because of the cancer causing chemicals in the fabric.

I'm rather fond of both dogs and cats and love watching birds and parrots. Lately though i think the pet craze, especially when it comes to dogs has reached a whole new level. Outside any restaurant or cafe there are numerous dogs sitting tethered or enjoying the sun with masters in tow drinking cof...

Dear JKhedrup, The beautiful old saying 'as you are so is the world' is so apt here. If people see most monks and religious institutions as sinister places, if they see no goodness.... well let them have their half baked ideas. Its really not worthy of a serious response.

Rory, You pointing out which path is possibly right for me is interesting to say the least. Most practitioners have a devotional side and a discriminating side. Without a devotional pull the practice becomes arid and can falter.