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Precepts
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Roshi Nancy Mujo Baker on how working with the Zen precepts can reveal our inherent buddhahood
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Opinion: At War with the Dharma
Thanissaro Bhikkhu makes the case that there's never a Buddhist case for killing.
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Guidelines for an Ethical Life
There is a tenderness that arises when we realize we belong to each other. That tenderness, embodied through sila, the Pali Buddhist term for ethics or moral conduct, manifests as a fierce showing up for one another…
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Magazine | Buddhism for Beginners, Teachings
The Buddha’s Guidelines for Simplifying Life
Tricycle’s free online source for newcomers offers answers to all the questions you were hesitant to ask aloud.
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Personal Reflections Zen Buddhism
A Buddhist Tradition Grows in an Ohio Women’s Prison
Two practitioners became formal Zen students in a ceremony at the Ohio Reformatory for Women, joining an expanding circle of incarcerated Buddhists.
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How to Get Rid of Pests and Bugs the Buddhist Way
Kill that impulse! Here are compassionate Buddhist solutions for your favorite pests, without killing them.
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The Slow Burn
Is smoking cigarettes un-Buddhist?
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The Fifth Precept in the Age of Facebook and Trump
A meditation teacher and political columnist makes a case for considering the Internet an intoxicant that should be used in moderation.
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Village Zendo Offers First Precept Ceremony at Sing Sing Correctional Facility
A long-term inmate has taken the Buddhist set of ethical guidelines against the often violent setting of prison life
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