The Buddha Journey – Page 36 – Questions & Answers for the Awakening Mind

The Awakening Mind

This is a chant mostly chanted in Vajrayana Buddhism, however, for any Mahayana (including Vajrayana) practitioner who aspires to be...

We’ve all experienced meditation laziness. Meditation laziness happens when we become distracted, have wandering thoughts, become tired, or even...

Question: “hello 🙂 i’ve been interested in Buddhism for a long time, ever since i began to meditate as...

The ego is a powerful thing. It’s what makes us people. It’s the little voice in our heads that...

Yasodharā was wedded to her cousin, the Shakya prince Siddhartha, in his 16th year when she was also 16 years...

Way-back-when during Buddha’s time, all of his teachings were passed down and spread orally. There was no written documents...

Compassion. A central part of Buddhism. How and what ways can we give and show compassion? On the superficial,...

For many years I had this vague vision of what my future would look like: high education, successful career,...

“Question: Lately I’ve been practicing to learn to love myself and others around me. But it’s so easy to hate....

Today my Temple celebrated Vesak (Phật Đản); the birth, Enlightenment, and death of Sakyamuni Buddha. Though the ceremony was...