In this episode of “Bowing to Elephants,” Jack and Mag Dimond discuss:
Jack’s love for Burma and his time studying in the monasteries there
Bodhisattva vows and how they help refocus us when things get difficult
The life of a monk vs. the life of a layman (Jack has lived both!)
The joys of being a grandparent
From the beginning in Buddhist psychology, compassion and awareness are what went together. In order to be present for experience
What is the peaceful heart? What keeps us from it? The near-enemy, the quality that masquerades as equanimity, is indifference.
Spiritual practice requires of us a kind and devoted attention to the opening of the body as well as the
