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Dependent Origination: The Twelve Links Explained
The twelve links in the Law of Dependent Origination provide an insight into the chain of existence.
Teachings And Texts
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The First Sermon of the Buddha
In the Buddha's first sermon at Deer Park, he taught the Four Noble Truths by addressing the existence of suffering, its cause, and its end.
Magazine | Teachings And Texts
From “Teachings on Mindfulness”
And how, monks, does a monk abide contemplating the body as body? Here a monk, having gone into the forest, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty place, sits down cross-legged, holding…
MeditationMagazine | Teachings And Texts
Teachings on the Nature of Mind and Practice
Like waves, all the activities of this life have rolled endless on, yet they have left us empty-handed. Myriads of thoughts have run through our minds, but all they have done is increase our confusion and…
TeachingsMagazine | Teachings And Texts
Bodhidharma’s Teachings
If you use your mind to study reality, you won’t understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you’ll understand both. Those who don’t understand, don’t understand understanding. And those…
TeachingsMagazine | On Translation, Teachings And Texts
The Rectification of Names
“Dukkha is everywhere,” the Buddha said, by way of introducing his Four Noble Truths. “There is a cause of dukkha, there is liberation from it, and the way to this liberation is the Eightfold Path.” When…
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