I'm focusing on the Heart Sutra at the moment!
I practice Chan, Chinese Zen. The Chan temple was just the Buddhist centre closest to me, but I've never regretted the choice. I like the bodhisattva vows, and appreciate the focus on meditation. I'm also a fan of Chinese culture, and I like the traditions of Chan more than Japanese Zen. What about you?
How many people here have taken the refuge vows? Why or why not?
Just curious. I refer to myself as Buddhist-ish. I read some dharma at least weekly if not daily, struggle thru weekly seated meditation, and recite the Loving Kindness meditation daily. But I don't have a Sangha near me and likely wouldn't join one even if there was one available.
Ushiku Daibutsu Tsukuba
Ushiku Daibutsu Tsukuba
https://www.japan-experience.com/all-about-japan/tsukuba/temples-shrines/ushiku-daibutsu
Ushiku Daibutsu: the Ushiku Daibutsu in Ibaraki is one of the tallest statues in the world and at 120m is the tallest Buddhist statue.
Can Eternity be Impermanent? — Hillside Hermitage
Piped
https://piped.video/watch?v=ZESQJFwFddo&t=0
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Sn 1:5 Cunda
Sn 1:5 Cunda
https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp1_5.html
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon
Has anyone switched traditions?
To those who started in one tradition then began following another, what was your experience of that transition, and why did you make it?
[Professor Mario Poceski] - The Story of Chan: History, Literature, Teachings, and Practices | May 2022
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOLeFveXa_tgK_mQRbbDJ8MoFZ5ZiY6Fv
Is The West Ruining Buddhism?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQyYEbqTwDY
Buddhism is increasingly popular in the West but are we burying its moral foundations in favor of a more individualistic and mass-marketed version of spiritu...
A Secular Buddhism | Lecture by Buddhism scholar and teacher Stephen Batchelor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhlj_SU9SAE
A Secular Buddhism | Lecture by Buddhism scholar and teacher Stephen Batchelor9 July 2018 | 19.30 – 21.15 h | Theater Hall C, Radboud University‘Buddhism is ...