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Our journey to peace begins today, and every day. Every step is a meditation. Every step is a prayer. Every step builds a bridge to peace.

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Upagupta, master of the Indian Forest Tradition

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John Strong, Legend and Cult of Upagupta : insists on the forest tradition as the source of the cult of Upagupta, throughout Southeast As...
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Forest Tradition in India: origin of Mahayana

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The Mahayana literature continuously pr aise the forest tradition and make calls for  mo n ks to return to the forest and practice dhutan...
Friday, November 14, 2014

Forest Bodhisattvas: Forest Tradition Origin of the Mahayana

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Mahayana Buddhism may have arisen out of the Forest Tradition of India. A growing body of  scholarship by Reginald Ray, Gergory Schopen, ...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

History of Cambodia Buddhism - Part 3

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A Notebook The Khmer rebelled again in 1837-1839; and in yet another major uprising in September-October 1840. The Vietnamese were sh...
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Thomas
A Buddhist monk for nearly twenty five years, a meditation teacher that gave instruction to about 40,000 people during that time. I practiced deep meditation as a recluse – a forest monk - in jungles and caves of Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, and Laos. After having an inner, transformative, illuminative experience, I have now returned to full communion in the Catholic church. I have withdrawn from the monastery but how shall I live now, for the benefit of all beings?
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