Daily Buddhism

Podcast 15 Now Online
Welcome back!  I’m Brian your host and welcome to episode 15 of the Daily Buddhism.  As always, past episodes and show notes are available at http://www.dailybuddhism.com.  Be sure to sign up for the daily email list while you’re there, because not everything always makes it to the podcast.
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Announcements 8/25/08
1.    For those of you who are enjoying the taooftheday.com podcasts, I have a special new audiobook offer. The website and podcast are currently at around chapter fifty. For those of you who are impatient to finish, you’ll like this:
“The Tao- Remastered” This is a three CD set featuring the entire Tao Te Ching, [...]

Mandalas
One of my favorite items in Buddhist art is the mandala. You’ve almost certainly seen them before. They’re multicolored designs that are generally circular in shape on the outside and squared in the interior, having many other geometrical patterns within (see pictures at www.dailybuddhism.com ). According to Buddhists, a mandala represents the universe, and is [...]

Koan: ObedienceThe master Bankei’s talks were attended not only by Zen students but by persons of all ranks and sects. He never quoted sutras nor indulged in scholastic dissertations. Instead, his words were spoken directly from his heart to the hearts of his listeners.His large audience angered a priest of the Nichiren sect because the [...]

Gudo Revisited
This is in reference to last week’s story about Mu-Nan and Gudo from “A Diamond In The Road” which can be found at http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/87
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A Reader recently wrote:
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Did Mu-nan leaving his family to become Gudo’s successor not also cause suffering to his wife and children?
Was the loss of his income from his absence any different to [...]