Emptiness
Barren, blank, meaningless, and worthless are all synonyms for Emptiness, and yet in Buddhist philosophy, Emptiness is the Ultimate goal.
There is no higher attainment than the direct realization that everything is ‘empty’, that all phenomenon lack inherent or intrinsic identity. Simply put, things don’t exist without dependence upon their own parts, external causes and conditions.
When […]
Ambud Stumbles on the Path
PartII
I am Sage?
People begin meditation and change religions or philosophies for many different reasons. Often, these changes are a result of some event or series of events which trigger a need to find something more. I’m no different in that regard, and while I had my earliest exposure to meditation and […]
Ambud Stumbles on the Path
Part I
My first meditation.
During my first mediation I can remember struggling over how to sit, painfully attempting to position these two logs I like to refer to as legs, into a lotus position. Ok, now lets see, oh yeah, breathe in two..three..four, breathe out. Damn my legs hurt; I wonder if […]
Recently, I have seen much writing about the power of intention and expectation. This is a little unnerving to me, mostly because of the way that it’s presented; we need only expect a certain outcome…presumably with some third eye or something, and that ‘result’ will manifest.
From a Quantum physics perspective, I suppose this is possible […]
Right livelihood means that one should earn one’s living in a righteous way and that wealth should be gained legally and peacefully.
Technology is defined by Webster as:
‘The branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial […]
