Ambud Chasing Nirvana . For many years I have studied and practiced buddhism and I have had a lot of fun and dissapointment along the way. This blog is an attempt to share information between schooled and un-schooled buddhists with the hope that it will h
We all understand that change is inevitable; this doesn’t seem to make it any easier. I am happy when I can manage to ‘keep my head’ in such a whirlwind, but lately, I find that I am catching myself lost rather than observing the moment, in the...
It doesn’t require a lot of insight to see that Stan and I were not ‘Best Buds’. Looking at this paragraph now, it becomes very obvious to me that I had allowed my mind to create a monstrous concept of ‘Stan’. I had assigned all of the...
Attachment to desire
For a long time after I started reading about Buddhism I would lump attachment and desire together. I understood that desire and attachment are basically what keeps us in Samsara, but never really separated the two. In my mind, the...
The more I think about the article, the more I have to wonder; whose war they are talking about. Is it really blogger ‘Dharma Wars’, or could it be another example of ‘Don’t Tread on My Dharma Turf’?
As Americans evolve and endure significant environmental, economic, and societal changes we all experience feelings of fear, hope, and wonder. As a group, the Buddhist community seems poorly suited to embrace the needs of those looking for new answers.