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Bhante Anandajoti: Precepts, Restraint and Practice

Posted on November 20, 2010May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti
Audio

This is a short talk in which I mention the factors that are necessary to be fulfilled for a precept to be broken, and I give them here for reference in the form of a poster, which is linked to a high-definition copy of the same file.

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Appeal for Victims of Cyclone Giri

Posted on November 17, 2010February 6, 2011 by Ānandajoti
In this photo taken on Oct. 23, storm victims walk on a road blocked by a fallen telephone poll after Cyclone Giri swept through the area, in Kyaukphyu township, Arakan State. (Photo: AP)

An appeal is being launched following the destructive cyclone which hit Western Myanmar last month. The Rakhine Thahaya Athin (Arakanese Welfare Association) based in Yangon is organizing Emergency Relief Measures.

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My Not-So-Square Monitor

Posted on November 13, 2010January 6, 2011 by Ānandajoti
Square-Monitor-Advert.jpg

Now there are several advantages of a laptop, but it comes with a price, which is that there is little room on the monitor to work with, and its almost an equation that the more portable :: the less room.

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The Silk Road Transmission of Buddhism

Posted on November 11, 2010March 26, 2012 by Ānandajoti
Central Asian Monks

The Silk Road transmission of Buddhism to China started in the 3rd century BCE during the reign of the first emperor of China, Qin Shihuang.

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Appeal following Natural Disasters in S E Asia

Posted on November 8, 2010January 6, 2011 by Ānandajoti
Ven-Wei-Wu

We see over the past few years that there have been an increasing number of natural disasters around the world. Responding to all these events that follow one upon the other is very challenging indeed, but we are all in this together.

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Ven. S. Dhammika: To Eat Or Not To Eat Meat – The Book

Posted on November 7, 2010October 20, 2020 by Ānandajoti

Yesterday I posted an introduction to Ven. S. Dhammika’s new book To Eat Or Not To Eat Meat, and today he has given me permission to publish the book in its entirety on the blog here.

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Ven. S. Dhammika: To Eat Or Not To Eat Meat – Introduction

Posted on November 6, 2010April 21, 2011 by Ānandajoti
Ven. S. Dhammika

I consider Ven S. Dhammika to be one of the more intelligent and thoughtful writers on Buddhism writing today, so I am happy to see he has put his considerable talents to examining the question of vegetarianism in Buddhism.

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The Travels and Work of Xuan-zang

Posted on November 4, 2010January 6, 2011 by Ānandajoti
Xuan-zang Statue at the Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi-an

Xuan-zang was fully ordained as a monk in 622, at the age of twenty. The myriad contradictions and discrepancies in the texts at that time prompted Xuan-zang to decide to go to India and study in the cradle of Buddhism.

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Thangkas 2: Some Examples

Posted on November 3, 2010April 13, 2017 by Ānandajoti
Jatakas

I follow up yesterday’s post on the Buddhist art of Thangka painting with a small collection of photographs from Wikimedia. The highest-definition files I could find are linked to by the small reproductions shown here.

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Angkor Wat Lotus Temple

Posted on November 1, 2010January 6, 2011 by Ānandajoti
Angkor-Wat-Lotus-Temple-Thumb.jpg

This is a short video from National Geographic’s Atmosphere podcast, which looks at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, which I visited twice this year.

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Naḷinikā’s Story

Posted on October 31, 2010May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti
Audio

The story is an interesting, if highly improbable, fable: a sage lives alone in the Himālayas, there is semen in the urine he passes, and a deer who happens to eat the grass in that place gets pregnant from it.

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Godwin on iPad

Posted on October 30, 2010May 12, 2011 by Ānandajoti
Godwin on iPad

In 2009 Awaken Publishing and Design in Singapore produced a very beautiful book of Godwin’s teachings called Discovering Meditation. Now they have just managed to put out a collection of 19 books for the iPad, which includes Godwin’s book.

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Days, Months and Seasons in Pali

Posted on October 28, 2010January 7, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Seasons

The Buddhist calendar calculations are based on the Lunisolar year. Important dates (like the Awakening) being commemorated on the Moon cycle, and the Moon cycle itself being adjusted to fit in with the Solar cycle.

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Episodes from the Life of the Buddha 2: The Invitation

Posted on October 23, 2010May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti
Audio

Every second week, with the waxing and the waning of the moon Buddhist monks hold the uposatha meeting. If there are enough monks available then we will confess our offenses and the Pātimokkha will be chanted by one of the monks, while we sit together in unison.

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Godwin Samararatne: Why We Should Meditate

Posted on October 21, 2010January 6, 2011 by Ānandajoti
Godwin-2

When you read the Buddhist texts you are so amazed at the Buddha’s profound and deep statements about the human mind. It is amazing that he should have made these statements 2,600 years ago.

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Reprint of The Gentle Way of Buddhist Meditation

Posted on October 20, 2010April 5, 2011 by Ānandajoti
Godwin

We published 1,700 copies of the book at the time. Now this year, the original publisher of The Gentle Way, Inward Path in Penang, have reprinted the work again, this time in a print-run of 1,000 copies.

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Adivasi Culture and Civilization by Lobsan Payat

Posted on October 19, 2010May 21, 2011 by Ānandajoti
A Warli painting by Jivya Soma Mashe

Adivasi traditions and practices pervade all aspects of Indian culture and civilization, and the extent and import of Adivasi contributions to Indian philosophy, language and custom have often gone unrecognized.

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Sakyamuni in a Modern City

Posted on October 18, 2010May 24, 2011 by Ānandajoti

This is a poster I made earlier in the year. I had the photograph for quite some time, and the idea to make it into a poster, but couldn’t find an appropriate verse until I came across this one again from the Dhammapada which fits perfectly with the idea I had.

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Thich Nhat Hanh: Mindful Movements

Posted on October 16, 2010April 5, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Thich-Nhat-Hanh-Mindful-Movements

Recently I attended a talk by Thich Nhat Hanh, and while looking for material to post here I came across his 10 Mindful Movements, which are very similar to the practices I have developed myself.

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Introduction to The Silk Road Series

Posted on October 14, 2010January 6, 2011 by Ānandajoti
Graeco-Indian Buddha Figure

Tomorrow I start posting the 12-part Silk Road series. I found this series about 2 years ago, and have watched it all the way through three times by now, and individual episodes at other times.

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