Vital Instructions for Kassapa
You should train yourself thus, Kassapa: “A keen sense of shame and fear of wrongdoing shall be present in me towards seniors, novices, and those… Read More »Vital Instructions for Kassapa
Lotus Center Receives One of Three 30-Something Grants!
Our community-owned Lotus Center was one of three southwest nonprofit organizations to receive a $30,000 grant from The 30-Something Fund. The proceeds of the grant… Read More »Lotus Center Receives One of Three 30-Something Grants!
The Boy Who Could Not Sleep
Long before he was a monk — before he had even heard the word — a restless boy in Kampala was learning to be still.… Read More »The Boy Who Could Not Sleep
Cultivate Simplicity
Take a page out of the Taoist tradition: aim to live in simplicity (pu) and non-action (we wei) — a state of simply being rather… Read More »Cultivate Simplicity
On Anxiety
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, most of which never happened. Mark Twain
Karma
The premise of the law of karma is that the universe is not merely physical, but also moral. Cause and effect governs the physical aspects… Read More »Karma
Emptiness & Form
Form is empty.Emptiness is form.Emptiness is not other than form.Form, also, is not other than emptiness. Avalokiteshvarafrom The Heart Sutra
The Taoteching #25
Something mysteriously formed,Born before heaven and earth.In the silence and the void,Standing alone and unchanging,Ever present and in motion.Perhaps it is the mother of ten… Read More »The Taoteching #25
What is Primary? What is Secondary?
To have your attention in the Now is not a denial of what is needed in your life.It is recognizing what is primary. Then you… Read More »What is Primary? What is Secondary?
External Exploration vs. Internal Exploration
During the three centuries of Tibet’s modern period, the national priority was on monastic education, literary and philosophical creativity, the practice of meditation, the development… Read More »External Exploration vs. Internal Exploration