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I Thought I'd be Enlightened By Now

Surya Campbell

Ancient wisdom, modern disappointment and what it's like to be still seeking...after you thought you'd already arrived.

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Misunderstanding freedom

When I first heard the word ‘suffering’ in a Buddhist context, I protested. It did not apply to me; I listed all the reasons it did not. I’d been born into freedom: into an able body with white skin, with educated parents and enough money a...

10 days ago
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Frictionlessness and the Buddha's Second Noble Truth

When I heard the Buddha’s First Noble Truth, I could let out a breath I didn’t realise I was holding: ‘Life is hard. That you are finding it hard is not your fault; you are not doing anything wrong.’

What a relief. Stress, discomfort, diss...

a month ago
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Happiness is not a fish you can catch

When I heard the Buddha‘s First Noble Truth, I could finally let out the breath I’d been holding for most of my life.

By my late twenties, I wanted out. Out of the small, tight circles into which I could wind my mind. Freedom from the sque...

2 months ago
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Death, the Buddha and time management

I’m too young to be writing about death.

My time won’t come for many years yet, when I’ll be old and grey. I’ll be propped up in one of those mechanised beds, a stack of books on a table beside me (a novel on top, then a book on Buddhism,...

4 months ago
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I Thought I'd Be Enlightened By Now

Thousands of hours of meditation. Years of mantra chanting and visualisation. Extensive study of ancient texts, from the Pali canon to Tibetan tantra. In 2016, by the time I joined the Triratna Buddhist Order and received my new Sanskrit na...

5 months ago
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