Unaware of the Great Matter, that I call the most tormenting thing
Buddhist meditation
Dharma Read: The Eightfold Path: A Way of Liberation, Not Just a Means.
This understanding reframes the Eightfold Path as both the process and the expression of liberation itself.
Dharma Read: A Dynamic Interplay Between Insight and Training.
In this way, the Buddha’s teaching avoids the extremes of eternalism and nihilism
Dharma Read: The deepest truths are those that cannot be spoken, but only lived.
A path that leads to the unfolding of compassion, wisdom, and liberation.
Dharma Read: You must just be as immovable as an incense burner before a Buddha-image.
‘The greatest determination is similar to the one of a beginner who has just started practising meditation.’
The Next Thursday Evening Meditation Sessions at the GBC is on 15 January 2026.
Silent Evening Meditation Sittings on Thursdays.
Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm
Come and join us.
Dharma Read: In the seen, only the seen.
In the heard, only the heard.
Dharma Read: The Buddha’s insight into the nature of true friendship illuminates the communal fabric of early Buddhism.
‘Whatever Dharma and Vinaya I have pointed out and formulated for you, that will be your teacher when I am gone.’
Dharma Read: The Drift Towards Teacher-Dependency.
Yet, over time, the teacher-student relationship became increasingly centralised. By the time of Vajrayāna Buddhism, the guru-disciple dynamic had assumed a sacred prominence.
Dharma Read: The Bodhisattva’s compassion.
When we see through the illusion of self, we no longer act out of self-interest but from a place of genuine care .
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