Buddhism in daily life - Mindfulness in every day tasks

Legumes as a substitute for meat Legumes are healthy and they make you full, lentils, beans and peas are real superfoods that can replace meat and provide enough iron. Buddhists in particular are accu...

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Start part 4 So first of all I unpacked my backpack, I would still be able to think about the connections later. Nevertheless, a queasy feeling remained, what had driven me here to the Shaolin Temple ...

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Endure our Self We all end up just trying to bear ourselves somehow. We are all vulnerable, very needy, full of anger and rage, but also filled with shame. Until today, we do not feel sufficiently lov...

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The Inner Critic Part 2 We could also equate the so-called inner critic with thinking itself, because we think that the voice in our head is our voice, our ego. But we don't realize that there is also...

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Beginning part 3 With due respect (and shaking knees) I waited for a reaction from the monk Shi Yan Zi regarding my question whether I could learn martial arts here (in the Shaolin Temple), the time j...

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Immersion in Buddha Nature Those who have left the deep valley of desires, opinions, evaluations and resolutions come closer and closer to their Buddha-nature. No more: "I am the .......", or: "I am t...

30 Heinä 20227min

Beginning part 2 Read part 1 of "Beginning" here click As I walked through the temple door, I passed the temple guards and the Mile Fo, the happy, fat Buddha. After that, everything seemed so familiar...

29 Heinä 20227min

Saying goodbye In a very popular monastery, the moment came for one of the masters when life would soon come to an end. When he felt the foreboding he went into his hermitage, bathed, shaved and cut h...

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