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Peeling Away the Promise of Desire

By Joseph Goldstein — 2019

We may call it different names—peace, or awakening, or enlightenment, even love—but what most of us are looking for is happiness: deep, abiding fulfillment and completion. The problem is that we’re looking for it in the wrong place.

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The Practice and Philosophy of the Buddhist Path

According to Reginald Ray, Buddhist philosophy and practice can’t be separated. Once you understand, through study, what the Buddha is saying about his own awakening, you are already within the fiery process of the path.

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Reginald Ray
2004
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Deconstructing the Self

If the “self” is ultimately nothing more than a figment of our imagination, what is this figment like and how does it come to seem so real? In the third of four posts on the self, Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Ray breaks it down.

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Reginald Ray
2003
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Who Me

The central teaching of Buddhism, discussed in detail in the psychological descriptions of the Abhidharma (higher dharma), is that of anatman, or “not-self.

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Reginald Ray
2003
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Good Cause

Reginald A. Ray discusses the close connection between Buddhist philosophy and practice.

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Reginald Ray
2004
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The Role of Chanting in Buddhism

When you go to a Buddhist temple, you may encounter people chanting. All schools of Buddhism have some chanted liturgy, although the content of the chants varies widely.

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Barbara O'Brien
2019
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Forum on Psychology and Buddhism

Psychology and Buddhism: what they share, how they differ, and do we need both?

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Mark Epstein
2007
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The Best Books on Buddhism

What is the Buddhist equivalent of the Bible? What is the Dalai Lama's favourite book? Buddhist scholar Donald Lopez picks the best books on Buddhism.

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Donald S. Lopez Jr.
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The Dalai Lama: Happiness from Within

In this essay, I discuss what enduring happiness means according to the Buddhist perspective and the ways in which the Dalai Lama embodies this enduring happiness.

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Matthieu Ricard
2011
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No Excuses

There are no obstacles, just opportunities. Take them now.

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Lucy Powell
2009
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Siddhartha Gautama: How the Father of Buddhism Walked from Suffering to Enlightenment

Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the Buddha or “Enlightened One,” is probably one of the most influential individuals to come out of India through the incidental founding of Buddhism.

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Caleb Strom
2019
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