Bhante Gunaratana

Nov 9, 2024 | tricycle.org | Bhante Gunaratana

As taught by Venerable Sariputta in The Discourse on Right View, clinging is suffering. Therefore, the origin of suffering is the origin of clinging, the cessation of suffering is the cessation of clinging, and the way leading to the cessation of suffering is the same path leading to the cessation of clinging. After explaining this, Venerable Sariputta addressed the question of the origin of suffering, which is clinging. And the cause of clinging is craving.

Nov 9, 2024 | tricycle.org | Bhante Gunaratana |Ada Limón

Wang PingSince graduating from Long Island University in 1987 with a master’s in English Literature, Wang Ping has earned a PhD from New York University and authored numerous books exploring culture, gender, sexuality, the environment, and her Chinese heritage. During her twenty-one years teaching at Macalester College, she founded the “Kinship of Rivers” project, which promotes community and ecological awareness along China’s Yangtze River and the Mississippi in the United States.

Jun 3, 2024 | michaelianblack.substack.com | Jane Smiley |Hanya Yanagihara |Bhante Gunaratana |Edward Wilson

I read somewhere that book collections are aspirational. The books you buy are books you would like to read, and while you will certainly read some, chances are you will never read all. I have books on my shelves that have remained unopened for decades. Moo by Jane Smiley, purchased used because I liked the title.

Oct 28, 2023 | tricycle.org | Bhante Gunaratana

If your mind wanders here and there, you must be more mindful. In Pali this is called yoniso manasikara, which can be translated into English as “attend to the root.” You must always learn to go to the root (yoni). The Buddha gave a meaningful simile regarding this starting place for all that is. If you threw a stick or rock, a dog would likely run after it. That dog would either bite it or bring it back to you. A lion would not run after the stick or the rock.