The Doing
Putting away the dishes, drawing up a business strategy, planning a trip — what is more important: the doing or the result that you want… Read More »The Doing
Daily Dharma
Mirrors
I have mentioned that others can be mirrors in which we better view ourselves. As we care for others and extend ourselves to them, we… Read More »Mirrors
Awakening
The awakened are few and hard to find.Happy is the house where a person awakes. Buddhafrom TheDhammapada
Women Run Better (The Sonnet)
Men only inherit the world,Women give birth to the world.If women can birth the world,Women can run the world(far better than men). History reveals, war… Read More »Women Run Better (The Sonnet)
No Such Thing as “Nothing”
This ultimate end of everything, this diametric opposite of all, is nothing in itself. And yet we think of nothing as something. Clearly, “nothing” is… Read More »No Such Thing as “Nothing”
Black Elk Speaks
Hear me, four quarters of the world — a relative I am!Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that… Read More »Black Elk Speaks
Guided Meditation for Peace and Happiness
now deep breath and breathe outbreathe in breathe outbreathe in breathe outnow how to be calmbreathe in and feel the lungsgive your guts and feel… Read More »Guided Meditation for Peace and Happiness
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
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