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Parasols in Wuhan, China [author: Bruce Lee] A Western Buddhist woman was in India, studying with her teacher. She was riding with another woman friend in a rickshaw-like carriage, when they were attacked by a man on the street. In the end, the attacker only succeeded in frightening the women, but the Buddhist woman was quite upset by the event and told her teacher so. She asked him what

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Ajahn Chah "Do everything with a mind that lets go..." "...Don’t accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little you a will have a little peace; if you let go a lot you will have a lot of peace; if you let go completely you will have complete peace." Ajahn Chah

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Zen monk begging for food Tosui was a well-known Zen teacher of his time. He had lived in several temples and taught in various provinces. The last temple he visited accumulated so many adherents that Tosui told them he was going to quit the lecture business entirely. He advised them to disperse and to go wherever they desired. After that no one could find any trace of him. Three years later

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Buddha shaving his head, bas-relief panel at Borobudur, Java, Indonesia Photo by Gunkarta In the upper picture we see Buddha, then prince Siddharta Gautama, shaving his head, while people around him are holding his crown, sword and princely jewelery, and his horse Kanthaka is standing on his right side. This gesture is seen as a sign of declining his kshatriya warrior class status and becoming

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Baby Buddha is wrapped in robe like a Theravada Buddhist monk. Baby Buddha Though this Baby Buddha looks like standing, actually lays down and the photo is captured from above! The picture is taken from a photo album Baby's Daydreams. I don't know if this baby is aware of all its senses, but I'm sure it is on the Noble Eightfold Path!

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Bodhidharma All know the Way, but few actually walk it. If you don't find a teacher soon, you'll live this life in vain. It's true, you have the buddha-nature. But without the help of a teacher you'll never know it. Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help. If, though, by the conjunction of conditions, someone understands what the Buddha meant, that

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Let's start this journey with a famous Zen koan - A cup of tea. Cup of Zen tea Photography by MoonLightBulb Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It

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