Buddhism in daily life - Mindfulness in every day tasks

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 16 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 15 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 14 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 13 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 12 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 11 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 10 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 9 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 8 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF Folgensegmente

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 7 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 6 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 5 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Android⁠⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 4 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Android⁠⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠⁠(click here)⁠⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF 1000 thanks! Copyright: ⁠⁠https://shaolin-rainer.de

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 3  Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am ⁠Shaolin Rainer⁠, and I am very happy that you are here. Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast? Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the ⁠Apple⁠ and ⁠Android⁠ stores. Via PayPal ⁠(click here)⁠ or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF 1000 thanks! Copyright: ⁠https://shaolin-rainer.de

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 2 Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast.  Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation.  I am Shaolin Rainer, and I am very happy that you are here.  Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actions  Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Androidstores.  This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast?  Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages?  Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation?  Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores.  Via PayPal (click here) or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF 1000 thanks!  Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de

Buddha Blog English Podcast Episode 1Hello and welcome to Buddha Blog, the Buddhist podcast. Your show for Buddhist topics, mindfulness and meditation. I am Shaolin Rainer, and I am very happy that you are here.Buddhism in everyday life - Mindfulness in every day actionsPlease also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Androidstores. This podcast is largely funded by its listeners. I would be happy to welcome you as a supporter as well. Thank you to everyone who supports Buddha Blog in their own way. Did you enjoy the podcast?Thank you for listening to Buddha Blog. Did you notice that there are no ads running here, that you are not inundated with consumer messages? Would you like to thank the author of this blog for his work with a donation? Support me, contribute to the extensive costs of this publication. Your support can help to continue the important work we are doing for Buddhism (my team and I). Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores.Via PayPal (click here)or by bank transfer:  Account holder: Rainer Deyhle, Postbank, IBAN: DE57700100800545011805, BIC: PBNKDEFF 1000 thanks!Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de

Are there "sounds"? Does a tree falling in the forest make a sound even if no one is there and no one can hear it? Are there any sounds at all if no one can hear them? No, probably not! A sound is something that originates in our brain, caused by a physical continuum of vibrations. It comes to the noise by the perception of the human being who hears it, as a receiver of the sound waves. These waves spread in the air to the ears, are converted into electrical impulses, which are then processed by the brain as sounds. So without a receiver there is no sound, only waves! The extraordinary physicist Richard Feynman paraphrased the answer to the above question as "a sensation of noise". According to the brilliant John Locke "things would be able to exist independently of our experience". In the history of philosophy an everlasting dispute broke out around the topic, which seems to be unresolved until today. If we explain a sound as a pure sense sensation, then contradictions to our "sound by a falling tree in the forest" inevitably arise. And how does it further behave with "recorded noises", for example the music from a headphone, or if the sound of the falling tree is played back from the tape, that would correspond then to a perception illusion, after all the tree does not fall down "now", it has fallen down much earlier. In our modern world "sounds" are mostly recorded, manipulated and by means of sound sources (loudspeakers etc.) transmitted "preserves", thus not authentic, we do not "know" what is "real" and what is "false". In our multimedia new world we have lost the overview, what is reality? This is also what happens to us when we look at pictures or films! Also these represent only a "beautiful appearance", what we see happens also in these cases not "in reality". Fluid sounds, shimmering pictures, everything only "sound and smoke". The "sounds" and "pictures" kidnap us from time and space, lead us into an illusory world, full of false sounds, distorted representation, everything just not real! If we hear the falling tree, but do not see it, has the tree fallen at all? What if we explain the "sound" of a falling tree to a blind man who has never heard it fall? So, dear readers, now we are back to Buddha, because this is a Buddhist blog. Buddha said that life is only a dream from which to "awaken". Just like the "sounds" and the "images" are just that. And I am trying to explain "enlightenment" to those who have not yet "awakened". Do you "hear" the sound, do you see the "image"? Buddha found "enlightenment" just as Newton found gravity. Neither can be seen, and very difficult to explain. Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt - Richard Feynman - US physicist - 1918 to 1988 Happiness and unhappiness are two states of which we do not know the extreme limits - John Locke - English philosopher - 1632 to 1704 What we know is a drop, what we do not know is an ocean - Isaac Newton - English physicist - 1643 to 1727 How big small sounds become in silence - Cornelia Funke - German children's author - born 1958 Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de (Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores) Please rate us on Apple, Google, or Spotify podcast to help us promote the show

The earth is slippery This principle was valid in the belief system of the Aztecs, an advanced civilization that existed between the 14th and the early 16th century. 40 years ago I was in Mexico with my parents, the temples made a great impression on me, until today I can't get the monumental structures out of my head. People, animals and plants adapted perfectly to their habitat, my visits to the pyramids of the past peoples were a "highlight" in my life. From my visits to Mexico, this sentence has remained in my memory: "The earth is slippery". According to the beliefs of Mesoamerican civilization, anyone could slip on the slippery earth; "evil," like "good," was not separate from each other in the continuing tradition of indigenous religion, but was directly opposed to each other as part of life. The various chapters of contemporary history have shaped this area; against all odds, the fusion of spiritual influences has enormous presence to this day. And yes, the earth is slippery, at any time we can slip, fall, hit the ground. Anyone can slip, but how do we deal with our mistakes? What do we know about the religion of the Aztecs and the Mayas, the Incas? Little! The conquerors did a great job, had quickly sealed the fate of the New World. Little is left of the culture of the Central American inhabitants, but this phrase has been handed down: "The earth is slippery". What has this continent seen over the centuries, oppression and enslavement came as original sin by the Europeans, the traumatic background is still not sufficiently processed. Main god of the polytheistic people was "Huitzilopochtli", the god of the sun and war, mostly represented as a jaguar. Due to the change of the ongoing generations there was the concept of natural selection, the "tree of life" was understood as evolution in their culture! I liked the spiritual philosophy of the "slippery earth" very much, again and again I have to think about it. I trust in the future, every person is allowed to "slip" once, because the earth is really very slippery. Buddha's teaching is very similar to this view, also we today's people should give the fellow human beings who slipped again a chance, we as a part of nature are allowed to make mistakes, our fate is written according to Buddha, therefore we are not at fault. The transformation to a soul being is based in the concept of "enlightenment", in forgiving, in love and in forgiveness. Our greatest glory is not to never fall, but to rise again every time. - Nelson Mandela - former President South Africa - 1918 to 2013 God obviously loved ordinary people, because he made so many of them - Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States of America - 1809 to 1865 Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de (Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores) Please rate us on Apple, Google, or Spotify podcast to help us promote the show

Horror makes us cruel Many events in this world are horrible to behold, horror and terror accompany the "Homo Mediales", modern man living in a multimedia and virtual world permanent presence. Misery and violence around us, on TV, on the Internet, in the media, in computer games; everywhere blood, dead, injured, viruses, diseases, dictators, civil wars, riots, lies, cheating, bullying, murder, manslaughter, alcohol, drugs, drug abuse, rapes, catastrophes; humanity has arrived at the edge of evil, the demons that were summoned are now our new reality. The infection is spreading rapidly, soon we will be completely penetrated by the forces of darkness. We need help, because our society is seriously ill, humanity has become the accomplice of darkness. How can we drive out these demons again, push back the evil? Where is the "good" energy, the "positive" vibrations that could bring about some form of normality? The constant horror dulls us, CONSTANTLY we are confronted with fears, we brutalize inwardly. And if we understand such conditions then in the consequence as new normality, then our value conception will adapt to it, we ourselves become cruel, compassion, attentiveness and human values disappear in the nothing. It seems to be so, we see it everywhere, obviously horror and horror, coupled with cruelty, is now the life of us all. But the "healing" from these conditions is also somewhere here, is already on this world, waits for us! You may not believe in what I do, "Buddhism" is not everyone's cup of tea! But I know that an improvement can arise only from us. We, the members of society, must leave this unwholesome path, turn back to the "good". In our new normality, everything around us is in motion, what used to be a certainty is now already lost in the fog of the past. But the words of Buddha are being heard again, society is longing for normality, consistency and peace. Whoever wants to make the Buddha's teachings his own must first find peace and silence. Don't be distracted, go your way, mindfulness is the new "sexy", not "misery and violence". Cruelty is one of the oldest festive pleasures of mankind. Consequently, the gods are also thought to be refreshed and in a festive mood when they are offered the sight of cruelty. And thus the idea creeps into the world that voluntary sufferings, the self-chosen torture have a good sense and value. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - German philosopher - 1844 to 1900 The unimaginable eludes our memory, and that is just as well, but once, I believe, the horror must reach us, or there is no further - Max Frisch - Swiss writer - 1911 to 1991 Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de (Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores) Please rate us on Apple, Google, or Spotify podcast to help us promote the show

The power within us The NOW does not come back, who does not live in the NOW, does not live at all, he only exists! So many people do not live in the now, some live in the past, others dream of a "better" future. But "here plays the music", in the "now", in the "today" we live. Whoever understands that there is only this present moment, is much closer to "enlightenment". Are you tormented by thoughts from your "past"? What if I had acted differently back then? Are you always worried about "tomorrow"? Do you fear "the worst" will happen to you? According to the teaching of the teacher of all teachers it only depends on the "now", the "here" and on the "today". Buddha has shown us with his journey to "enlightenment" how we can finally shake off our worries, our fears and our hardships. Who doesn't wish for a peaceful life, free from sorrow and pain? How can we overcome the hardships of our existence, how to put down the agony and torment of human existence, how only? At the beginning of our journey to "enlightenment" is the question: who am I? So the beginning starts with an extensive "self-examination", unsparingly and honestly we have to be to ourselves, otherwise we will not get "on a green branch"! But how can we manage to stay in the "now" and "here", not to digress, not into the past, and also not into the future? Quite simply, by inserting something else in place of useless thoughts, something valuable, something with a meaning. Instead, we occupy ourselves with our possible "enlightenment", our very personal "awakening", with our journey in the footsteps of Buddha. If our thought palace has an interesting topic, which is worth to think about, then also the unpleasant voices in our head will become silent! This is how we manage to stay in the "now" and in the "today" permanently. By giving our head a "theme" we set the cause for a better life, we no longer lose ourselves in externals. This power lies within us, we only have to "release" it, make the decision to do so. According to the teachings of Buddha, it is already determined whether we will make this decision or not. Eckhart Tolle, whom I greatly admire, said: Put the "now" in the center of your life! Always say yes to the present moment - Eckhart Tolle - Spiritual Teacher - born 1948 Copyright: https://shaolin-rainer.de (Please also download my app "Buddha-Blog English" from the Apple and Android stores) Please rate us on Apple, Google, or Spotify podcast to help us promote the show