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• Dharma Read: You must just be as immovable as an incense burner before a Buddha-image.

  By Golden Buddha Centre on December 10, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The greatest determination is similar to the one of a beginner who has just started practising meditation.’

• Dharma Read: In the seen, only the seen.

  By Golden Buddha Centre on December 3, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  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.

  By Golden Buddha Centre on November 26, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘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.

  By Golden Buddha Centre on November 19, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  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.

  By Golden Buddha Centre on November 12, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  When we see through the illusion of self, we no longer act out of self-interest but from a place of genuine care .

• Dharma Read: Āsava is a Pali term often translated as ‘outflows’ or ‘taints,’ referring to deep mental habits.

  By Golden Buddha Centre on November 5, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  In meditation, thoughts and emotions may arise, but it is āsavas that keep us grasping at them.

• Dharma Read: Dvaita and Ādvaita: The Limits of Translation.

  By Golden Buddha Centre on October 29, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Not-two’, by contrast, is gentler, more spacious.

• Dharma Read: The challenge for Western practitioners.

  By Golden Buddha Centre on October 22, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  The Buddha’s teachings are not abstract doctrines but practical guides for awakening.

• Dharma Read: Everything is meditation itself.

  By Golden Buddha Centre on October 15, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Everything is meditation itself and can be regarded as an opportunity for change; this is the art of turning the negative into the positive.

• Dharma Read: The Practice of Dāna.

  By Golden Buddha Centre on October 8, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  By giving freely, we loosen the bonds of greed and cultivate a sense of abundance.

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