Anthony Goh's questions

Hopefully, Thusness can write something to comment on this: "a quick Q on the PCE and the anatta insight. Soh (or anyone else e.g. Tomm...

GHAZAL

Ghazal Hum ishq karne walo’n pe iqrar farz hai, Us husn-e-khud-pasand pe inkaar farz hai. Apni sifat pe aye lab-e-jaan-baksh naaz kar, Tujhp...

Atammayata

Comments: Jui sent me a good article which Thusness and I think is good. The first part of this article is subsuming all as Mind... second p...

Tagalong Tuesday

Het is tijd voor tagalong Tuesday! vanaf morgen start ik met een tag iedere dinsdag. Als het lukt zal ik de maandag ervoor alvast wat foto...

art Journey dag Sleen

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Early Buddhism's Model of Awakening

Update: Made a correction  - akanistha is the highest of the five pure abodes which are five subplanes of the fourth jhana realm. An anaga...

Berlin and Dresden - Germany

Germany is a country with a very complex history. From its dark past to its economic distress, difficulties have arisen. But their spirit is...

Sammi from Italy

Ciao from Italy! Hi all I am Sammi Macht at forensic science and chemistry going into my third year at CC. I am just finishing up my second ...

The Path of Anatta

Thusness wrote to me yesterday: "In my opinion many of our great aspirations and high views turn empty talks easily. After the direct ...

Prague?

Hey, everyone.  Brian reminds me that we will have a free day in Prague--actually our first day there, before our city tour, etc.  So we pro...

EXCITEMENT In less than 2 months, I will be heading off to Oxford, England. I cannot believe I have this wonderful opportunity to study abro...

Content Overloaded Education

Teacher fronted teaching is the dominant teaching method in Bhutan. Walk into any few classes, you would invariably find teachers taking the...

Politics in Krakow, Poland

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Cold War Remnants

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Importance of Discerning Wisdom, Delusion and What Liberates

Someone wrote: "wisdom can only exist if ignorance is reified, they're both flip sides of the same non-existent coin, just more int...

8 More Days! Hi! My name is Jessica Montgomery and I am a sophomore studying Elementary Education at Columbia College.  Like a few of the ot...

Golden Week!

Pre-Golden Week!

Greetings everyone! I hope this post finds you well. I know it has been a while, but I have a lot of updates for you! I will be making two b...

Introductory to my Scottish Experience

Hi! My name is Tiffany Hockett and I am currently a sophomore exchange student at Robert Gordon University in Scotland. The Scotland exchang...

New Book by Göran Backlund

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The Excitement Builds!

Hey everyone! It sounds like everyone’s just as excited as me to fly off to Europe! Just wanted to share a little tad about myself. My name ...

So Close But Yet So Far

Hello Columbia College Travelers! My name is Justin Davis and I am a Political Science major with Criminal Justice and Administration, Legal...

Holocaust Remembrance

Greetings, friends and fellow travelers! Yes, we are getting close to our departure time.  Meanwhile, on the home campus, Study Abroad and t...