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Welcome back! This is Episode 18 of the Daily Buddhism, and I’m your host, Brian Schell.
Weekly Announcements:
I have just a couple of quick announcements today.  First, I am now on Twitter. I am not completely sure what it’s good for yet, but I’m in the process f [...]

Chapter II
On Earnestness
21. Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvana), thoughtlessness the path of death.  Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already.
22. Those who are advanced in earnestness, having understood this clearly, delight in earnestness, and rejoice in the knowledge of the Ariyas (the elect).
23. [...]

Great Waves
In the early days of the Meiji era there lived a well-known wrestler called O-nami, Great Waves.
O-nami was immensely strong and knew the art of wrestling. In his private bouts he defeated even his teacher, but in public he was so bashful that his own pupils threw him.
O-nami felt he should go to a [...]

We’ve had a few interesting posts on the website this past week concerning the fifth precept:
“I undertake the training rule to abstain from drinks and drugs that cause heedlessness.”
That seems pretty straightforward, and in ancient times, it probably was as simple as it seems. But is it still valid?
Note, this discussion took place at [...]

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I was born a “Baptist.”  I never understood such a claim, for there was never a choice.  This began in the crib.  Something about belief, without evidence, just never set correct with me.  The man of cloth, in Sunday School brought reassurance to my disbelief.  I asked him to respect the invisible [...]

Compassion
This is not so much a question as it is an insightful comment by a reader. This was in response to the “So You Want To Be a Buddhist” post from a while back.
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I was once fortunate enough to have a very unintentional and random encounter with the Dalai Lama. He [...]

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Podcast Episode 17
Welcome back, This is episode 17 of the Daily Buddhism, and I’m your host, Brian Schell.  Before we get started recapping the week’s material, I’ve got a couple of quick announcements.
A few weeks back, I announced that I had audio recordings of [...]