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27 May 2011
Gautama Buddha : Book Review
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I WAS VERY PLEASED to receive a review copy of Vishvapani's (i.e. Viśvapāṇi ) new book on the life of of the Buddha. I was involved in ...
30 July 2010
Some Additional Notes
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Here are two follow up notes to previous essays, one on the -e ending in mantras, another on the name Gotama; and lastly a brief note on dat...
20 November 2009
What was the Buddha's name?
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In the Pāli texts his followers called him Bhagavan. Other people tended to call him Gotama or 'sāmaṇa' depending on whether they w...
21 November 2008
Did the Buddha have a Sense of Humour?
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Sometimes Buddhism and Buddhists can seem a bit dour - a half smile is permissible, but a belly laugh might be out of place - which can be p...
25 July 2008
Dating the Buddha
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Almost two years ago now I attended a series of lectures by Prof. Richard Gombrich which I find still resonating around in my psyche. One of...
22 February 2008
Recollecting the Buddha
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I have been doing a lot of reading around the practice of recollecting the Buddha and making the links between this practice and the develop...
01 March 2007
Ratnasambhava quest que cest?
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Lately I have been pondering the mandala of the five Jinas. Something was puzzling me. Amitabha and Akshobhya represent a set: compassion an...
13 May 2006
Wesak
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The full-moon this month marks the 2550th anniversary of the most crucial moment in the biography of the Buddha - his Awakening to the true ...
25 February 2006
The Last Words of the Buddha
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This blog post summarises a longer essay on the Buddha's Last Words . Last week we celebrated the Buddha's Parinibbana - his final...
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