• Love & hate effort

  • Plus, minus, equal

  • Buddhism is nihilistic

    Humans exist and live, have meaning, value and will, and the idea of non-self (anatta) only points to the fact that there is no independent essential soul/ego/self that is permanent.
    Buddha taught that what we call “I” or “you” is a state consisting of physical and mental components (body, thoughts, consciousness, perception, emotions, etc) – and these components are impermanent.
    Everything in a human being exists – a process that is complex and always changing – but nothing is permanent.

  • The fat smiling statue is Buddha

    This monk lived around the year 1000 AD – a happy, humorous and fat monk with an eccentric lifestyle – therefore often called “The Laughing Buddha”. His name was Qici, he was nicknamed Budai, and belonged to Chan Buddhism in China.

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About the Author: Nitho Bhikkhu

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Nitho is the Spiritual Director of DNBF and lives full-time the Buddhist training as a bhikkhu. He inspires people towards inner peace, clarity, wisdom and awakening in Norway and the Nordic countries, and he is often to be found in nature and the mountains.