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samsara and nirvana

Samsara And Nirvana

Samsara And Nirvana, another text from the so called Gospel of Buddha, brings up the age old conundrum “What’s the Meaning of Life?”. One can contemplate it forever and never know the answer. Through meditation, the Buddha recognised that the collection of ideas he had about himself were just that, a collection of memories, prejudices and imposed ideals

the disciple speaks

The Disciple Speaks

This is the first extract from texts known as the Gospel of Buddha, purportedly compiled from ancient texts, The Disciple Speaks comes across like so many Christian texts. And, if coming from a western background, you’d be forgiven for assuming Buddhism is another mono-theistic religion.

How long is now?

Often, people who are happier or more effective than we are are merely seeing things in a different (and more appropriate) time window…read full article from…