Awakening Love
The Buddha taught that we can develop loving-kindness by visualizing how a caring mother holds her beloved child. Love is our true nature, but it...
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Fearing Death
If you understand—things are just as they are. If you do not understand—things are just as they are. —Zen saying From the universal perspective, all...
Do Not Despair
The Buddhist approach to this collective suffering is to turn toward it. We understand that genuine happiness and meaning will come through tending to suffering....
Happiness and Tranquillity
In our busy world, we tend to overlook the capacity we have to allow the mind to settle down and rest, to become deeply silent...
Good Politics
A highlight of a recent teaching trip Trudy and I took to France and England was working with members of the British Parliament. After observing...
Wise Society
Trudy and I have had the privilege of staying at Montagne-Alternative, a visionary community high in the Swiss Alps. The community has rebuilt an ancient...
Dharma and Politics
Many Buddhist practitioners have questioned what to do in these turbulent times. More than anything, I believe the world is in need of a spiritual...
Parenting As Practice
Parenting is a labor love. It’s a path of service and surrender and, like the practice of a Buddha or bodhisattva, it demands patience and...
Freedom from Repetitive Thoughts
There are a few basic principles for learning how to release the contractions and stuck places we encounter in meditation. One of the most...
Why We Suffer
Like the mother of the world who carries the pain of the world in her heart, you are sharing in the totality of this...
Human Flourishing
How can we foster peace and understanding, compassion and well-being for humans and for all beings? We know this is possible individually. In our practice...
Healing the Heart
Just as we open and heal the body by sensing its rhythms and touching it with a deep and kind attention, so we can open...