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…
I wrote this article some years ago, and the power of our Sangha is now more relevant and important than ever. You know, there is…
6.5 minutes read In this recent article on the absorption of cessation of gross conceptual thought, Emergency aid for a troubled mind, I talked about the…
7 mins read. I think we could all do with some kind of conversation between our heart-mind and our thinky head. I remember some years…
Earlier today I was drinking tea and half-watching my (borrowed) cats. One of them made her happy Meow sound at me, and I felt a…
7.5 mins read. Sitting in my new PJs this bitterly cold December morning, about to start my meditation, I was wondering how can I imagine…
As promised in the last article on Tantra, I’m now going to share a little of what I like to do on a daily basis. Please…
9 mins read. We are making all of this up as we…
The mirror Another example for helping us shift our perspective from the perceived to the…
Last Monday I found myself at Fort Funston in San Fran, had that vast beach…
In this article I was talking about changing our thoughts to get past the grasping…
A Kadampa Buddhist practitioner for 25 years, this guest author is a self-employed, healthcare business owner who practices Asian Medicine in the rural American South.…
Here is the article I promised from the friend I quoted: Being a social worker makes me a better Buddhist. Being a Buddhist makes me…
This is the second article from a guest writer, Kadampa Buddhist and student social worker. For the first, see Meditation Helps Me Be a Better…
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Society
9 mins read. We are making all of this up as we…
Impermanence
I want to tell you a story. Not one that I’ve told…
Self Confidence
By the way, samsara has always sucked. Buddha predicted, and Geshe Kelsang…
Buddha nature
8.5 mins read Do you ever find yourself attempting to fit all…