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By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana The three meritorious practices (Punna Kammas) the Buddha advocated for the purification of our existence are generosity (Dana), ethical conduct (Seela) and meditation (Bhawana). Dana and Seela are considered essential foundations for meditation, which when practised rigorously can lead to the total detachment of mind. But this can be achieved only […]

Sometimes I worry that ‘Gentle Buddhism’ is an oxymoron. When I think of the Pali sutras, the closest thing we have to the Buddha’s actual words, what I