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

Noting that a human birth typically provides greater opportunitiesfor spiritual practice than an animal birth, Kalu Rinpoche, a Tibetan high lama who played a major… Read More »On the Fortune of Being Human

The division of life into past, present, and future is mind-madeand ultimately illusory. Past and future and thought forms, mentalabstractions. The past can only be remembered… Read More »There is Only Now

“I thank you,” said Siddhartha, “I thank you and accept [the offerto apprentice as a ferry boat operator]. I also thank you, Vasudeva, for listening… Read More »Listen

Upon being asked, “What is the joy in the pleasures of the Dharma?”, Vimalakirti replied, “It is the joy of unbreakable faith in the Buddha, of… Read More »Joy in the Delights of the Dharma

Barefooted and naked of breast, I mingle with the people of the world.My clothes are ragged and dust-laden, and I am ever blissfulI use no… Read More »In the World

[Many forms of] suffering [are] caused by us human beings and is rooted in our failure to recognize our connectedness to those beyond our immediate… Read More »Interconnectedness

He who stands on tiptoe is not steady.He who strides cannot maintain the paceHe who makes a show is not enlightened.He who is self-righteous is… Read More »The Taoteching #24

The present moment is as it is. Always. Can you let it be? Eckhart Tollefrom Stillness SpeaksChapter: The Now