Mahayana [Buddhist] teachings distinguish between “aspiring bodhichitta,” which is like planning a trip, and “engaged bodhichitta,” which is actually getting into your car and starting… Read More »Actually Embarking on the Journey
Join Lotus Center’s Patricia Stone, along with Cate Bradley and Sam Castello of the Community Yoga Collaborative for a weekend yoga retreat at the Black… Read More »Ground, Gather & Grow; Weekend Yoga Retreat in Late October
Holy Mystery, Today our hearts turn toward Nepal. We hold the families who are waiting for news, the parents searching for children, the children searching… Read More »A Prayer for Those Waiting In Nepal
Very often, people come to me struggling with anger—angry at what someone has done, disappointed by the political world, or disheartened by the actions of… Read More »Do You Know Why You’re So Angry? Because You Care That Much
NVC Trainings Announced; Substantial Discounts for Lotus Center Community Dear treasured Lotus community member, From various communiques, you may recall reading that Lotus Center has… Read More »NVC Trainings Announced; Substantial Discounts for Lotus Center Community
Hope is radical openness for surprise—for the unimaginable. If that is the attitude with which we look, listen, and open all our senses, we enter… Read More »Hope
Greetings, everyone! Please note the holiday weekend schedule at Lotus Saturday, September 57:00 — 7:45 AMÂ Â Â Group Meditation (unguided)8:30 — 9:15 AMÂ Â Â Medicine… Read More »Labor Day Weekend Class Schedule at TLC
As [your body-mind practice] makes even the mountains, rivers, earth, sun, moon, and stars practice, the mountains, rivers, earth, sun, moon, and stars conversely make… Read More »Natural Symbiosis
Taking responsibility for this moment means not to oppose internally the “Suchness” of Now, not to argue with what is. It means to be in… Read More »Becoming a True Agent for Change
Manjushri, thus should a sick Bodhisattva control his own mind in order to overcome old age, sickness, death, and birth. Such, Manjushri, is the sickness… Read More »The Bodhisattva’s Approach to Sufferings
