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How to Study the Dharma

By Reginald Ray — 2004

In Buddhism, an ever-deepening understanding unfolds naturally from intellectual study. This process is classically expressed in the teaching of the three prajnas, or kinds of knowledge—hearing, contemplating and meditating.

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Ethical Conduct Is the Essence of Dharma Practice

The Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron outline three levels of Buddhist ethical codes, how we can follow them, and what it looks like when we miss the mark.

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Thubten Chodron, The Dalai Lama
2020
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Venerable Bhikkhu Analayo on the Satipatthana Sutta in Conversation with Phillip Moffitt

In April 2015 Venerable Bhikkhu Analayo — renowned German Buddhist monk, scholar, author, and teacher — led an 11-day meditation retreat for advanced practitioners at Spirit Rock centered around his comparative studies of the canonical versions of the Satipatthana Sutta (the Buddha's Four Foundations...

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Phillip Moffitt
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A Conversation with Bhikkhu Anālayo

This month we have an interview with Bhikkhu Anālayo, probably best known to students of Dhamma in the West for his 2004 book, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, which has since become a touchstone modern interpretation of that key sutta.

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BuddhistInquiry.org
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59 Ways to Turn Your Mind Around

The way to bodhicitta, the mind of compassion, is marked by the fifty-nine lojong slogans. Gaylon Ferguson points us in the right direction.

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Gaylon Ferguson
2021
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Taking Refuge in the Triple Gem

Essentially each practitioner of Buddhist meditation makes the journey alone, but many find that committing themselves to the three jewels—Buddha, dharma, and sangha—helps take them further.

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Christina Feldman
2016
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Dharma: The Social Order

Dharma is a concept of social order and duty that sustains the whole universe. A person’s placement in a caste (varna) and birth group (jati) is one element of dharma. Jati is historically also used to determine social interactions and marriages, as dharma guides every aspect of daily life.

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Pluralism Project
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Web exclusive: Ashoka—and his Edicts—the First Emperor of Dhamma

Asokan edicts dispersed throughout his empire were messengers of dhamma.

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Patit Paban Mishra
2021
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Find out How Hinduism Defines Dharma

Learn about the path of righteousness.

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Subhamoy Das
2019
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Heart of Dharma: Comparing Buddhist Practice, East and West

In many ways the description of a typical Vipassana “sitting” confirms an assumption held by some practitioners and scholars of American Buddhism: that the foundational concepts of traditional Asian Theravada Buddhism like metta and dana have become repurposed and translated for new audiences...

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Nalika Gajaweera
2014
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Buddhism for Beginners

New to Buddhism or meditation? Then you probably have a lot of questions — and here you’ll find helpful answers, by way of articles from Lion’s Roar and Buddhadharma.

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Lion's Roar Staff
2017
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