To Feed Is to Suffer
What an early analogy for dependent co-arising can teach us about the role of concentration along the Buddhist path
Craving
Craving in Buddhism is the desire not to be separated from pleasure and the desire to be separated from pain. Traditionally, there are three types: craving for sensuality, for continued existence, and for nonexistence. Craving leads to attachment, clinging, or grasping, which is the root cause of suffering in Buddhism that the Buddha realized when he awakened.
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The Ten Armies of Mara
This legendary trickster infiltrates our lives in numerous ways.
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Non-Self Storage
What do we cling to—and what do we pay for it?
Sugar-Coated Poison
Theravada monk and teacher Ajahn Martin Piyadhammo on overcoming mental defilements
Everything Is Buddha
Using the teachings of Suzuki Roshi as her guide, Noelle Oxenhandler explores what it means for things to be more than just things.
Two Years of Priesthood
What the ritual of shaving one’s head has taught a Soto Zen priest about renunciation—and the importance of sangha
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Everything Is Buddha
When things are more than just things
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Clinging
Untangling the habits that keep us in the loop
How to Let Things Go
A selection of six pieces of life advice from a Zen Buddhist monk
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