renunciation

Step eight: Helping others to share the benefits we have gained

When the Prince Siddhartha glimpsed the Fourth Sight, a mendicant begging for alms in the streets, he was inspired to…

April 4, 2016

Going forth: a look at step six again

Watch your thoughts; they become stories. Watch your stories; they become excuses. Watch your excuses; they become relapses. Watch your…

February 1, 2016

Intention of renunciation

Renunciation is founded on a disenchantment with the world and with experience, based on right view. You see through all…

June 5, 2014

“The Buddha’s Teachings on Prosperity: At Home, At Work, in the World” by Bhikkhu Basnagoda Rahula

It’s a widely held view that the Buddha taught his followers to disdain wealth and worldly success, or at best…

August 5, 2008

The Buddha’s View on Prosperity (book extract)

The Buddha's view of prosperity stands out as one of the most misinterpreted aspects of his teachings. Many writers have…

August 5, 2008

The Upper Middle Way – Have North American Buddhists renounced renunciation?

Historians of religion often repeat the accepted truth that it takes about two centuries for a culture to absorb a…

April 10, 2007