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Old Zen saying: "if you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him". 3 Odin2005 Jan 2012 Jan 2012 1 3639

OM MANI PADME HUM 1 yuiyoshida Aug 2020 Aug 2020 6 2718

On Finding the Pure Land: Shinran Shonin's Confession 0 rug Feb 2017 Feb 2017 0 1833

One guy's experience going through a 7 day silent retreat. It cracked me up 7 Maraya1969 Sep 2017 Sep 2017 7 3419

One Paddle, Two Paddle for the Dalai Lama 1 ellisonz Apr 2012 Apr 2012 3 2082

Online retreat, you can do in a chair!! 11 sunflowerseed Oct 2023 Nov 2023 2 2602

Opposites with Lao Tzu 4 yuiyoshida May 2017 Aug 2017 5 2243

Padmasambhava - Guru Rinpoche - Pointing out Instructions to the Old Lady - Dzogchen 0 Newest Reality Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 1549

Padmasambhava/Guru Rinpoche - Songs to the 25 Disciples - Dzogchen 0 Newest Reality Jul 2020 Jul 2020 2 1730

Pakistan hopes for Buddhist boost to tourism drought 0 Paul E Ester Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 1551

Panchen Lama makes rare public speech in Hong Kong 1 ellisonz Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 1976

Patrul Rinpoche - A Guided Meditation - Self-Liberating Meditation - Dzogchen 0 Newest Reality Aug 2020 Aug 2020 1 2400

Peace 0 libodem Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1325

People disperse as the 32nd Kalachakra in Bodh Gaya concludes 0 TigerToMany Jan 2012 Jan 2012 3 1437

People think Buddha is a god. 28 Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2012 Nov 2013 7 6200

picketing the Dalai Lama is so unneccesary and unseemly 3 vlyons Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1684

Pictures: 3,000 Ancient Buddhas Unearthed in China 0 ellisonz Apr 2012 Apr 2012 20 2721

Possibly a very stupid question.... 19 truebrit71 May 2014 Dec 2014 6 2850

Practical Meditation advice 0 YankeyMCC Jan 2012 Jan 2012 1 1508

Practice Like Your Hairs on Fire 0 WhiteTara Feb 2017 Feb 2017 3 1725

Pre-emptive Karma 3 YankeyMCC Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 2157

Profound Instructions for Meditation Practice - Upasika Kee Nanayon (3) - Theravada Forest Tradition 2 Newest Reality Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 1921

Pure Land Priestess 2 yuiyoshida Jul 2015 Jul 2015 15 4699

Qualities of the Dharma. 0 white_wolf Mar 2012 Mar 2012 3 1534

Question about Buddhism and psychiatric medication. 8 Tobin S. Apr 2017 Apr 2017 4 3156

Rapping Korean nuns fire up prayer competition 1 rug Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1590

Recommended reading request 10 OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 Apr 2014 0 3064

Reincarnate Rinpoche Taking Buddhism to Mongolia, Kalmykia 0 ellisonz Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 1877

Reincarnation 4 Tobin S. Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1580

Reincarnation in Christianity 2 Tobin S. May 2019 May 2019 3 1321

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Remembering Gelek Rimpoche, Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author (1939-2017) 1 rug Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1618

Resource list. 1 white_wolf Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 1654

Richard Gere labels China 'the largest hypocrisy in the world' 0 ellisonz Jan 2012 Jan 2012 1 1562

Right Livelihood 13 oxymoron Jul 2012 Aug 2012 7 4077

Rival Tibetan lamas compete for recognition 0 ellisonz Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 1586

Romney, the anti Buddha. 0 grantcart May 2012 May 2012 10 1953

Russell Brand - Awakened Man 0 yuiyoshida Jul 2014 Jul 2014 6 1619

Sam Harris on mediation, contemplation, and human happiness. 0 white_wolf Mar 2012 Mar 2012 4 1845

Samaneri Jayasara - A Guided Meditation on No-Thing in Particular 0 Newest Reality Oct 2020 Oct 2020 0 2368

San Francisco Buddhism: Passing Memories of Convert Buddhists From Before the 1960s 1 rug Mar 2017 Mar 2017 1 1842

Saving all beings 4 YankeyMCC Jun 2012 Aug 2012 1 2222

Seeking the Self: A Ghost Story 2 Newest Reality Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 1671

Self Liberation through seeing with Naked Awareness - Padmasambhava - Dzogchen 0 Newest Reality Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 6294

Seven wonders of the buddhist world BBC Documentary 0 yuiyoshida Jul 2014 Jul 2014 1 1533

SF Zen Center's 50 years of opening hearts, minds 0 ellisonz Mar 2012 Mar 2012 4 1485

Shaolin monks put payment down on first foreign temple 0 yuiyoshida Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1434

Shin Buddhism in a nutshell 6 yuiyoshida Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 3113

Shinran Shonin, his wish and light 0 yuiyoshida Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 1812

simplicity 2 ashling Nov 2012 Nov 2012 5 1891

Since learning about Kelsang Gyatso and what the NKT is doing I am finding 5 Maraya1969 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2256

Slouching Toward Gautama: Toward a Buddhist Politics of Freedom 3 ellisonz Mar 2012 Mar 2012 4 2237

Small boy mistakes Jersey City sand mandala for playground, destroys hours of work 3 rug Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2267

So anyone celebrating Vesak and when is it? 1 white_wolf Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 1961

So much violence in the world... 6 ellisonz Aug 2012 Aug 2012 1 2632

So, is there a primer? 10 Ruby the Liberal Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 2863

Some Buddhists seem to discourage dualistic thought, but what is that exactly? 16 ZombieHorde Feb 2012 Feb 2012 1 4009

Someone posted this Wikipedia page on Buddhism and violence on a thread 2 Maraya1969 Nov 2013 Nov 2013 0 1823

Something I just learned about the heart... 15 Ruby Reason Mar 2012 Feb 2016 5 4693

Song of Mind (Xin Ming) - Master Niutou Farong - Zen Buddhism 0 Newest Reality Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1548

Songs of Realization - Khenpo Tsltrim Gyamtso Rinpoche - Karma Kagyu - Tibetan Buddhism 0 Newest Reality Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 10448

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Sound and Noise 3 kentauros Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 2244

Spelling practice 0 YankeyMCC Mar 2013 Mar 2013 2 1376

Spiritual Long Beach: The Catholic Shrine to Mary Cared for by Buddhist Monks 5 rug May 2017 May 2017 1 2400

Sponsored feature: On Buddhas Trail 0 rug May 2017 May 2017 0 1789

Sri Lanka: Buddhism to remain paramount in new charter 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 Jul 2018 0 1703

Sri Lanka: Olcott, the Picketts and Buddhist women’s education 3 ellisonz Jan 2012 Jan 2012 2 2581

ST:TNG Dharma play 0 YankeyMCC Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 1363

Starting a daily meditation practice. 4 Tobin S. Jun 2019 Jun 2019 11 1702

Starting over 17 LiberalElite Jan 2015 Oct 2015 7 2937

Student unlocks mysteries of Norlins Tibetan Buddhist texts 7 rug Apr 2017 Apr 2017 3 5383

Study: Mindfulness Meditation Provides Opioid-Free Pain Relief 18 ellenrr Mar 2016 Mar 2016 3 3569

Swimming on the ocean surface, you touch the bottom of the sea - Dogen Zenji 1 Donkees Apr 17 Apr 17 8 791

Taking responsibility for ourselves 0 libodem Jul 2014 Jul 2014 2 1383

Temples selling uncertified ‘eco-friendly’ incense 1 yuiyoshida Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 1434

Ten Ox Herding Pictures (Picture Eight - Forget Both Self and Ox) - Zen Buddhism 0 Newest Reality Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 1617

Ten Ox Herding Pictures (Picture Five - Taming the Ox) - Yamada Mumon - Zen Buddhism 4 Newest Reality Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 3818

Ten Ox Herding Pictures (Picture Four - Catching the Ox) - Yamada Mumon - Zen Buddhism 0 Newest Reality Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 3486

Ten Ox Herding Pictures (Picture Nine - Return to the Origin, Back to the Source) - Zen Buddhism 0 Newest Reality Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 3355

Ten Ox Herding Pictures (Picture Six - Riding Home on the Ox) - Yamada Mumon - Zen Buddhism 0 Newest Reality Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 3268

Ten Ox Herding Pictures (Picture Ten - Entering the Marketplace with Extended Hands) - Zen Buddhism 0 Newest Reality Jul 2020 Jul 2020 2 1813

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