So, this was humbling … All packed and ready for the airport, my cab driver was running ten minutes late, and then spent another five minutes waiting for me outside of someone else’s house halfway down the street. I had calculated my journey based on the assumption that this taxi company is usually early, not late; and now found myself mildly irritated as I ran up to his car to…
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I was back at Bear Creek the other day (not that you can go back & step in the same river twice), and it was occurring to me that it never ever stops flowing. It is relentless.…
I was standing today on the empty grassland that was once the Homestead of the Berons family, with a sign inviting me to imagine for a moment “what life was like” for them? I can imagine that…
When you are dreaming at night, do you miss your waking world? Do you even remember it? We are so invested in this life and all its details whenever we are awake, but it goes away every…
I’m sitting in a corner coffee shop in Manhattan on this freezing clear day, struck as one is by the unstoppable (except by COVID) 24-hour activity on just one of the (so I read) 12,000 intersections of…
Compassion and rejoicing can cover every variety of human experience. There is always something good we can be doing. If others are suffering, we can develop compassion. If they’re doing well, we can rejoice, or feel joy,…
PREVIEW CLIP Here is a gift for you all for the holidays! If you’re feeling overwhelmed with all the external activity and chit chat, or alternatively missing company this year, see if you can get some space…
Buddha teaches that everything is projected by our mind; and of course this is clear when it comes to movies! But we like to be…
Did you get a chance to try out any breathing meditation lately? It can be so very useful, indeed powerful; and we can gain some deep…
It seems to me that one major reason we get grumpy, irritated, depressed, or angry is if we feel that our happiness or freedom are…
4 mins read and a video Did you hear about the rescue of the 12 Thai boys and their coach? Probably, unless you were stuck…
I am just overlooking my neighbor’s magazine, as once again I cross the Atlantic. (You can’t blame me; these US Airways flights don’t have video…
4.5 mins read Sometimes people get discouraged with their Tantric practice, thinking it’s beyond them and they should stick to Sutra. But I think Tantra can…
I watched the movie Chimpanzee last night with my friends Anya and…
I’m not claiming to be any expert, but I love the meditation on the clarity…
In this article I was talking about changing our thoughts to get past the grasping…
Some people talk these days about “peak experiences”, and how they give meaning to a…
A guest article by a modern Buddhist practitioner who works full time as a manager of software development teams. Leveraging objects of desire as a…
A guest article by a modern Buddhist practitioner who works full time as a manager of software engineer teams. 5.5 mins read Training in meditation…
A guest article My name is Jan J and I’ve been a practising Kadampa for many years. I work full time and, like many, have…
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Society
“We pray that the people who die will find a good rebirth…
Impermanence
I can’t believe it’s happening. So said the beautiful Ruth to me,…
Self Confidence
The world’s a mess! But please don’t despair … This is the…
Buddha nature
5.5 mins read. Attachment, or uncontrolled desire, is all about going “out…