Many people think that money is the root of all evil, but the Buddha teaches something totally different in the Mula (or Root) Sutta (Sutra). In this sutra, the Buddha asks, “In what are all phenomena rooted?” and, as in all sutras, he answers his own question. Thanissara (Mary Weinberg), a former nun in the […]
The Root of All Evil
June 8, 2016 by Jerome Freedman
Filed Under: Mindfulness, Quotes, Teachers Tagged With: consciousness, feeling, Five Aggregates, form, mental formations, Mula Sutta, perception, skandhas, sutra, Thanissara, Thanissaro Bhikkhu
A Matter Of Perception
December 11, 2013 by Jerome Freedman
This short film by filmmaker and photographer Hailey Bartholomew teaches us that what we see is a matter of perception. Whatever we look for, is what we see. If we want to look for heart shaped rocks on the beach, that is what we will find. Hailey, together with her family and friends found 342 […]
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Filed Under: Mindfulness, Video Tagged With: A Matter Of Perception, Buddha, Finding Love, Hailey Bartholomew, perception, stress, The Snake and the Rope, Thich Nhat Hanh
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