Should You Be Good For Goodness’ Sake?

Jun. 14 | Compassion is the root [beginning] of the Buddha path. [the path to Buddhahood]. - Nagarjuna (The Treatise on Perfection of Wisdom) There is this adage… To ‘be good for goodness’ sake’; instead of being good for pleasing anyone...

Conscience

May. 9 | How connected you are to good, evil and purity pivots upon how connected you are to your Buddha-nature. - Stonepeace

Is The Buddha Just A Man?

Sep. 26 | If the Buddha is a mere human being [which he is not], who was born and died like us, how can he guide us to become Buddhas, who are beyond birth and death? - Stonepeace According to the Dona Sutra, the brahmin Dona was walking along when he sighted the...

What The Lotus Means

Nov. 17 | Meaningful symbols, though powerful, are never as powerful as that symbolised. ~ Stonepeace The lotus (padme) is an important symbol in Tibetan Buddhism and is commonly associated with the process of becoming a buddha. In Tibetan Buddhist iconography,...

Transforming Muck & Mire

Jul. 22 | The murkier the mud, the purer the lotus. [As the plant draws nutrients from the dirt.] - Stonepeace