…quieter voices [are] speaking across boundaries for a universal awakening to the oneness of us all.
Tag: Bhante Gunaratana
Evil
During a four-day Thanksgiving Weekend retreat at the Bhavana Society a dozen years ago, I was listening to the society’s founder and abbot, Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, give a dharma talk. A Sri Lankan monk from the age of 12, Bhante G came to the United States in 1968, when he was 40. He earned a bachelor’s, a…
Noise
With all due respect for the wisdom of the monastics, I wonder why they seek such total silence for meditation.
Melting-Pot Dharma 