How I Meditate
I have always had a difficult time falling asleep, especially when I was younger. My mind races and its hard
Category: Religion
The Unanswerable Questions
Do we have free will? Is there a God? Is there an afterlife? Is there a Heaven or Hell in
The 4 Noble Truths in Action
I’ve talked about the 4-noble truths at length in the past. I am a firm believer that everything in Buddhism
3-Fold Mindfulness Meditation
Its no secret that I am a fan of Noah Rasheta’s podcast “Secular Buddhism“, but the details of why are
Doing Good
The sentence that really stuck out to me this week during my studies was this: “The goal of Buddhism is
Skepticism in Buddhism
One of my fellow students at Bright Dawn made a great observation today. She said that skepticism is more often
The 3 Foundations of Buddhism
There were 3 things that stood out to me in my reading this week. I read this chapter in 2
Which Culture has “The One True Buddhism”?
Buddhism went through many changes in the 2,500 years it has been around. After the Buddha died, there was nothing
How Buddha treated those who tried to kill him, when he helped people, and his final sermon
There were 3 things that stuck out in my readings this week: how Buddha treated those who tried to kill
The 1879 version of the BoM claims 10-15 MILLION people died in the last Jaredite war. This would place their civilization at half the population of Rome, and left no trace of it.
Including wives and children, the numbers very probably must have been from ten to fifteen million page 606, footnote b