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What are the Six Perfections or Six Paramitas?
The Mahayana Path of Buddhism, where we at Namchak find our roots, focuses upon the Six Perfections also known as the Six Paramitas.
The Noble Eightfold Path
The Theravada tradition focuses on the Noble Eightfold Path, according to the Buddha, the Noble Eightfold Path consists of Right View, Right Resolve, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. We like to think of the first seven as pillars that support Right Concentration.
The Three Yanas: Mahayana, Theravada, and Vajrayana Explained
After the Buddha passed into nirvana, Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism became the two prevalent paths that spread throughout Asia There are many differences between the two traditions and depending on who you ask, those differences can be great or quite small.
What are the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?
The essence of the Buddha’s teachings can be summed up in four short statements and which are referred to as the Four Noble Truths.
The Four Boundless Qualities AKA the Four Immeasurables by Lama Tsomo
The four boundless qualities or the four immeasurables in Buddhism are related to four capacities that can be developed for greater joy, connection, peace, and love. The Buddha taught meditation practices that we can use to develop these innate qualities.
Introducing the Compassion in Action Fellowship
Students today are facing complex challenges like no other generation before. We are excited to be launching a new program for college & university students
Buddhist Ethics: Ten Virtues and Non-Virtues
Welcome to your crash course in Buddhist Ethics! Don’t worry, there won’t be any actual crashing. Hopefully this will be more of a road map of where to go
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: Your Vipassana Guide
We will follow the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, the Buddha’s fundamental teaching on meditation) as our Vipassana guide as we hone our awareness of the world around us.
Sympathetic Joy: A Tibetan Buddhist Formula for Multiplying Happiness
Searching for happiness is a common theme in books, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and all kinds of media
Birth with a Rainbow and Death with a Rainbow
The roots of this story can be found in an account of the most famous Tibetan mantrika known as Sangye Yeshe of the great Nub clan. He is depicted today in paintings and sculptures as a majestic man with a long goatee like the kesh of a Sikh man