D.I.Y Dharma has a great collection of MP3s in a podcastable format. Topics include talks on metta, insight, mindfulness and guided meditations. (via themiddleway.net)

(via The Middleway)

This address from S.N. Goenka at the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious & Spiritual Leaders (United Nations), speaks a message of global peace and harmony.  Goenka talk about Vipassana (meditation) as the tool, for all religions to end global suffering and enable world peace.

Buddhist concepts often match up with those of Western philosophy. Below is an interesting quote on the function of classification and it’s place with knowledge, as written by two German philosophers, Horkheimer and Adorno in their book The Dialectic of Enlightenment and how I believe it ties into Buddhism.
Classification is a condition of [...]

 The Prajñāpāramitā Diamond Sutra, or “The Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom of the Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion” is a Mahayana Sutra that discusses the Signless Nature of the Buddha. The below picture reminds me of a reading from this sutra:-
“In a place where there is something that can be distinguished by signs, [...]

Being able to accept things as they are, and let them be has been a resounding message I hear from all monks/nuns/buddhists. It’s nice to see this billboard/picture, allowing people to come to terms with their fears. And on a daily basis. It’s nice to see a lot of people examining, then [...]