The day when entire Island comes to a standstill is called Nyepi, meaning “to keep silent” and falls on the day after the dark moon of the spring equinox when the day and night are of approximately…
The Cultural Implications Of Silence Around The World
By: unconditional love
March 6, 2019
by Carrie Shearer In 1963, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel sang about The Sounds of Silence. A West African proverb states, “Silence is also speech”. English poet Thomas Carlyle translated the phrase “Silence is Golden”…
Right Speech
By: unconditional love
July 31, 2018
Right Speech is the third of the eight path factors in the Noble Eightfold Path, and belongs to the virtue division of the path. The definition “And what is right speech? Abstaining from lying, from divisive speech, from…
Long Life Trinity Buddha
By: unconditional love
June 12, 2018
The long life practice of the ‘Trinity Buddha’ is particularly very beneficial: For sick peoples tormented by unknown sickness, incurable diseases, agonizing illnesses etc. To pacify threats that may shorten one’s life such poisonous animals and…
Jambhala
By: unconditional love
June 2, 2018
Jambhala (also known as Dzambhala, Dzambala, Zambala or Jambala) is the God of Wealth and appropriately a member of the Jewel Family ( Ratnasambhava). In Hindu mythology, Jambhala is known as Kubera. Jambhala is also believed to be…
Sanghata Sutra
By: unconditional love
May 4, 2018
The Arya Sanghaṭa Sutra is a Mahayana Buddhist scripture that promises to transform all those who read it. Like other sutras, the Sanghata records a discourse given by the Buddha, but unlike other sutras, the Buddha tells us…
Amitayus Long Life Sutra
By: unconditional love
May 3, 2018
According to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, “This text is very precious and there is so much benefit in printing or writing it. This is one of the texts that, if written in gold, mountains of negative…
Solitude: Underrated!
By: unconditional love
May 2, 2018
by Buddhistdoor International Buddhistdoor view One of the more irksome things about contemporary living is the constant, gleeful denigration of the individual state of solitude. Instead of being praised as an essential part of good…
Eloquent Silence
By: unconditional love
May 1, 2018
In the Lankavatara Sutra there is a combined word, Vivikta – Dharma which means the Dharma of Solitude. When you experience it for yourself, you will meet the Buddha in this koan. You will know,…
Henry Rollins
By: unconditional love
May 1, 2018
“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.”
