- Striking A Balance: Finding The Middle Way In Buddhism
The Middle Way is a convenient shorthand for a number of related views and practices tending towards balance and moderation in early Buddhism. We will consider some of them, as well as other traditions that put forward similar viewpoints.…
- Origins of the Buddhist Doctrine of Momentariness
We may have heard discussion of "mind moments" in Buddhism and how things last for only a moment and then are replaced. Did such ideas originate from the Buddha? We will look at their history, and what the Buddha had to say about time and…
- What is the Middle Way in Early Buddhism?
What is the Buddhist Middle Way? We'll take a look at early Buddhism in particular, and some of the material found in suttas of the Pāli Canon. There we'll see there are a few related approaches to this topic, some immediate and…
- Our Stories: Are They Everything?
We structure our lives through our stories, but in what ways can they lead us astray? We'll look at how story is important using some comments by YouTube filmmaker Casey Neistat. Then we'll look at the story of the Buddha, and the stories…