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…
You know the thing I like most about Buddha Tara? That she is fearless. That she never gives up. That she never backs down. That…
7 mins read Scroll down for a ten-minute meditation to help you relax and build your confidence. I got the chance over the holidays to…
Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are happier and calmer than other people. ~ Reuters For more than twenty years now,…
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…
A dear friend emailed me during my rather paltry adventure in Denver airport. She is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer at the moment, and this is…
I’m doing something a bit unusual in this blog article, which is simply encouraging anyone who is reading it and who is interested in Buddhism…
Here is a timely story from Eileen, aged 91, which illustrates the…
I’m not claiming to be any expert, but I love the meditation on the clarity…
Mahasiddha Saraha was a Mahamudra master who gave some very helpful analogies to help us…
I just failed my drive test. I was sort of speeding without realizing it, so…
The earliest recorded Olympic competition occurred in 776 B.C. Buddha Shakyamuni taught in 500 B.C. The ancient Greeks valued physical excellence, and that admiration has…
This is the second guest article from our Kadampa Buddhist dad, who has five young kids and a very busy job. The first is Kadampa…
This is the sixth article from a guest writer, Kadampa Buddhist and student social worker. The others can be found here. At this time of…
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Society
6.5 mins read. My visit to South Africa made me grateful to…
Impermanence
We can understand subtle impermanence in two ways. (And I am once again…
Self Confidence
Continuing the subject of overcoming discouragement. Motivation, the first step Here’s a…
Buddha nature
We can all have experiences that are transcendent, which, according to the…