Attention, Curiosity, and Wonder Attention is essential for sparking curiosity. Attention is how the brain neurologically controls and directs consciousness, and this happens primarily in… Read More »Attention, Curiosity, and Wonder
What’s Up? Or Is That Down? Further strengthening our sense of up-down is the cultural coding worked out over millennia in terms of which the… Read More »What’s Up? Or Is That Down?
Be an Island Unto Yourself Note: In this excerpt from the Cunda Sutra, Buddha is gently reproaching Ananda for his grief over the passing of… Read More »Be an Island Unto Yourself
Giving Gifts with Infinite Love In the following excerpt, the author is caught in a ferocious snowstorm and takes shelter in a Buddhist monastery. He… Read More »Giving Gifts with Infinite Love
The Taoteching #27 Good walking leaves no tracks good talking reveals no flaws good counting counts no beads good closing locks no locks and yet… Read More »The Taoteching #27
They Are Awake The world cannot reclaim them Or lead them astray, Nor can the poisoned net of desire hold them. Â They are awake!… Read More »They Are Awake
Disassociating with the Voice in Your Head When each thought absorbs your attention completely, it means you identify with the voice in your head. Thought then… Read More »Disassociating with the Voice in Your Head
Muddy Road Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling. Â Coming around a bend, they… Read More »Muddy Road
A Girl with a Face Like Jade Above the blossoms the orioles sing; kuan kuan, their clear notes. The girl with a face like jade… Read More »A Girl with a Face Like Jade
Nobody Knew Him. Nobody had Heard of Him. The Lama Ngawang Kalzang had been meditating for twelve years in various caves and retreats in the… Read More »Nobody Knew Him. Nobody had Heard of Him.
