Suffering. Surrendering. Transforming. The cruel kindness of life is that our sturdiest fulcrum of transformation is the devastation of our hopes and wishes — the… Read More »Suffering. Surrendering. Transforming.
The Moon of Truth Between a supremely perfected Buddha and us, who are ordinary, there is no difference as to substance. This “substance” can be likened… Read More »The Moon of Truth
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole Ten Key Ideas Excerpt FromBittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us WholeSusan Cain Image: Myriams-Fotos
The Taoteching #26 Heavy is the root of light still is the master of busy thus a lord might travel all day but never far… Read More »The Taoteching #26
The Victory He is awake.The victory is his.He has conquered the world.How can he lose the wayWho is beyond the way?His eye is open.His foot… Read More »The Victory
Wonder of Wonders! Thereafter, Gautama devoted himself exclusively for six years and eventually, on the morning of the eighth of December, at the very instant… Read More »Wonder of Wonders!
Don’t Doubt; Trust Your Intuitive Sense Reflect on the mental state you are in. Just observe that it’s like this. So the sense of the… Read More »Don’t Doubt; Trust Your Intuitive Sense
Allowing the Heart to Speak The intellect becomes a far more intelligent tool when it allows the heart to speak; when it opens itself to… Read More »Allowing the Heart to Speak
The Kindest of All [Vimalananda] swung the car onto our street and parked it. Upstairs Roshni served us drinks. “Do you know the story of… Read More »The Kindest of All
A Day in the Life of a Zen Monk To guard against their [students’] becoming attached to the sitting poster, Zen masters incorporate mobile zazen… Read More »A Day in the Life of a Zen Monk
