Tag: Samādhi

• The Unspoken Teaching: 5 Ways an Ancient Buddhist Text Uses Sound to Transcend Logic

  

  1.0 Introduction: The Limits of Our Understanding We are conditioned to believe that every problem has a solution that can be reasoned out, every question an answer that can be intellectually grasped. The modern world runs on analysis, data, and the power of the thinking mind to deconstruct and understand reality. We try to “figure…

  William Altig

  October 6, 2025

  Chapter 2, Chapter 26, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  Bhaiṣajyarāja, Buddha-wisdom, Chapter 2 (Lotus Sutra), Chapter 26 (Lotus Sutra), daimoku, Dhāraṇī, Ekayāna, Lotus Sutra, Medicine-King Bodhisattva, Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, Nichiren, Non-conceptual wisdom, Nonverbal Upāya, Provisional Teachings, Ritual Efficacy, Samādhi, Skillful Means, Sonic Power, Tathāgata-jñāna-darśana, Three Karmas, Tiantai, True Aspect of All Phenomena, Unspoken Teachings, upāya

• The Counter-Intuitive Path to Peace: A 2,000-Year-Old Guide to Not Judging the World

  

  When we think of peace, we often imagine a quiet room, a tranquil landscape, or a life free from conflict. We see it as an external condition—something to be found by arranging the world around us in a pleasing way. But what if this entire understanding is a misconception? A profound teaching from the ancient…

  William Altig

  October 1, 2025

  Chapter 14, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  Anārambha-vihāra, Anātman, Aparigraha, Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī, Bodhisattva Practices, Brahmavihāras, Chapter 14, Craving, Curiosity, dependent origination, Doctrinal Hierarchy, Dogma, Domination, Egolessness, Ekayāna, emptiness, Equanimity, ethical conduct, Grasping, Happily Dwelling Conduct, Lotus Sūtra, Meditative Discipline, Metaphysical Status, Nirvāṇa, Non-Classification, Non-Clinging, Non-Dual Perception, peaceful practices, Phenomenal Classification, prajñā, Pratītyasamutpāda, Provisional Teachings, Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtra, Samsāra, Samādhi, Single Vehicle, Skillful Means, Spiritual Pride, Taṇhā, three vehicles, triyāna, Understanding, Upekkhā, upāya, Vedanā, Vihāra of Practice, wisdom, Śūnyatā, Śīla