The Buddha, Spiritual

In 2014, I wrote a blog. “Eckhart Tolle is on the rich man’s list. Is this the price of enlightenment?” I have added a further comment.

The Buddha, Spiritual / Christopher / May 3, 2021

In 2014, I wrote a critique on the wealth of Eckhart Tolle, the well-known spiritual teacher and author of THE POWER OF NOW, one of the mostly widely read spiritual books in the last two decades. …

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In 2014, I wrote a blog. “Eckhart Tolle is on the rich man’s list. Is this the price of enlightenment?” I have added a further comment. Read More »

Do I Create My Own Suffering? Does Another Create My Suffering? Or between us, we create suffering? Or is it Chance, Fate or Destiny?

The Buddha, Spiritual / Christopher / October 29, 2020

The Buddha expressed a profound concern on our holding to personal views about the causes of suffering. If we do, we can blame ourselves, blame others, both ourselves and others or believe in circumstances we cannot prove.

I would advise every person looking into suffering to read and re-read the following words of the Buddha until deeply understood. In the bamboo grove in the Squirrel Sanctuary, Raghir in Bihar, India, the Buddha had an inquiry with an austere yogi from another sect: …

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Are we Nourished or Undernourished? Do we Nourish Others? A Response of The Buddha

The Buddha, Spiritual / Christopher / October 14, 2019

Food has a personal, social, political and environment significance.

Yes, we consider what nourishes ourselves and our family.

We can explore further than that to include a range of expressions of what nourishes people, animals and the environment.

Inquiry into a fulfilled way of life explores the social, corporate and political impacts of nourishment for ourselves and others.

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The World is not Within You. A Quote from the Buddha

The Buddha, Spiritual / Christopher / March 18, 2019

Words of the Buddha can offer inspiration and insight – even if the quote in English from the Pali language may not accurately reflect the original. …

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