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The Buddha

Bhikkhu Bodhi

  • Does Rebirth Make Sense?
    "Newcomers to Buddhism are usually impressed by the clarity, directness, and earthy practicality of the Dhamma..."

  • The Taste of Freedom
    "The clarion call of our present age is, without doubt, the call for freedom. Perhaps at no time in the past history of mankind so much as at present has the cry for freedom sounded so widely..."

    Thanissaro Bhikkhu

  • Affirming the Truths of the Heart: The Buddhist Teaching on Samvega and Pasada
    "A life-affirming Buddhism that teaches us to find happiness by opening to the richness of our everyday lives. That's what we want — or so we're told by the people who try to sell us a mainstreamlined Buddhism. But is it what we need? And is it Buddhism?..."

    V.F. Gunaratna

  • Buddhist Reflections on Death
    "To the average man death is by no means a pleasant subject or talk for
    discussion. It is something dismal and oppressive -- a veritable kill-joy, a
    fit topic for a funeral house only."

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"Just at the great ocean has but one taste, the taste of salt, so to does this Dhamma have but one taste, the taste of freedom"