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  The Buddha taught the divine abodes – unconditional love, compassion, joy and equanimity – not just as states of calm, but as ways to liberate the mind. The Brahmavihara […]

  Dhyāna (jhāna) is far more than samatha, or mental calm. Recognising the liberative potential of the first dhyana was the key to the Buddha’s own awakening and he taught […]

  Deep emptiness is none other than deep compassion, leading to the end of suffering. In “Compassion and Emptiness” we explore the teachings that Bhikkhu Analayo highlights in his book […]

  Early in life, a deep, unconscious view arises which comes to afflict our whole being. If we could put it in words, it might be “I am separate”. It […]

  “No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind; no colour, sound, smell, taste, touch or what the mind gets hold of, nor even act of sensing." These familiar words are […]

  Bodhicitta – the awakening heart – is both the heart–response of wisdom to the suffering of living beings everywhere and the urge to realise full awakening for the benefit […]