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Daily Dharma: A conversation between Buddha and a philosopher

Posted on Mar 2nd, 2008 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

[ image source ] Today's Daily Dharma from Tricycle is an old parable retold by Thich Nhat Hanh. A conversation between the Buddha and a philosopher   I remember a short conversation between the Buddha... More »

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Daily Dharma: The Sweetest Strawberry

Posted on Nov 8th, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

Today's Daily Dharma from Tricycle poses an interesting parable from the Buddha: The Sweetest Strawberry   Buddha told a parable in a sutra: A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the... More »

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Parable: The Fish and the Turtle

Posted on Oct 26th, 2006 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

[ image source ] From Once Upon a Time : The Fish and the Turtle (Is Nibbana Nothingness?) Once upon a time there was a fish. And just because it was a fish, it had... More »

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Parable on Friendship

Posted on Sep 27th, 2006 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

This is from season two of The West Wing , told by Leo to Josh when Josh is experiencing PTSD a few weeks after being shot. A man is walking along and he falls into... More »

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Buddhist Parable: The Great Matter of Death and Rebirth

Posted on Jul 20th, 2006 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

[ image source ] PARABLE 011 : THE GREAT MATTER OF BIRTH AND DEATH "In India there was once a king who believed in a non-Buddhist religion which taught many kinds of bitter practices ...... More »

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Buddhist Parable -- Kindness

Posted on Jun 27th, 2006 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

[ image source ] "During the Chin dynasty of the fourth century, there was a middle aged man in Shanyin called K'ung Yu. He was an official for the government, but he had practically the... More »

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Buddhist Parable: Fate

Posted on Jun 22nd, 2006 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

[ image source ] "During the Ch'ing Dynasty in China, in Yang Chou, there was a person named Ch'eng Pai Lin. One day he had a dream in which Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva told him, 'Tomorrow the... More »

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