Monthly Archives: January 2009

Bhaddekaratta

Courtesy: jsarcadia (click image) In the Middle Length Sayings, one of the few parts of the Pali Canon most Western Buddhists actually do get exposed to, there is a very interesting and beautiful trio of suttas which circle around the…

Samatha (or ???) Vipassana

The question whether to practice samatha or vipassana comes up again and again. In the early days of the Burmese Vipassana movement, long debates were waged on which approach would be the correct one (samatha || vipassana, that is). This…

Search Highlights 2008

While the number of drafted articles grows 🙂 . I thought I might share with you some of the topics people were looking for, and I hope that at least some answers were found. May all beings be free from…