We can also experience a sense of closeness and connectedness to animals or to nature. I think the feelings of closeness we have toward the… Read More »Closeness

Once the Buddha’s disciple Ananda asked him about friendship. Ananda knew that having good and encouraging friends was very important for the path. He even… Read More »Having Good Friends

Do you treat this moment as if it were an obstacle to be overcome? Do you feel you have a future moment to get to… Read More »The Future Never Arrives

Trena Cleland, a member of a Buddhist group that provides meals to homeless shelters, states with uncommon straightforwardness a viewpoint that is common among western… Read More »Honor Life’s Gray Areas

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

When Jesus said that we must agree with our adversary lest we be cast into prison, he was using a figure of speech in reference… Read More »Avoiding Prison