In Rita Gross’s Tricycle Retreat, “Buddhist History for Buddhist Practitioners,” we have been discussing what aspects of the Buddha’s teachings already existed in the time of the Buddha and what aspects were unique ideas of the Buddha. For example, in the teachings of the Upanishads, an important group of texts in Hinduism, it is stated […]

Via the Huffington Post, “The entire Buddhist path is based on the discovery of egolessness and the maturing of insightor knowledge that comes from egolessness.” — Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche / Journey Without Goal I have heard many times from students and spiritual practitioners of all kinds, shapes and sizes, that if they could only “get rid […]