“Who are we, really?” the Zen koans demand, “Who is dragging this body around?” or “What was your original face before your parents were born?”…
Let us consider the unbounded sky or mirror-like nature of consciousness. We need to be practical. Our first task is to learn to distinguish the…
But this mirror is only one aspect of consciousness. Consciousness, like light, has two dimensions. Just as light can be described as both a wave…
(Read Part One of Finding Refuge) Traditionally, there are three levels of Buddhist refuge, outer, inner and innermost. On the outer level, we take refuge…
Victor Frankel, the concentration camp survivor, was also the founder of logotherapy. He discovered that most of those who survived the camps did so only…
(Read Part One of The Storytelling Mind) When we look at the constant and repetitive process of our own thinking, we see how habitually it…
When I first took robes and entered the monastic community of Ajahn Chah, I had already been practicing meditation for two years. Now, sitting…
It is a great relief to discover that our stories do not fully define who we are, or what is happening to us. One practitioner…
Consider undertaking the vows and practice of a Bodhisattva. In taking these vows you will join with the hundreds of thousands of Buddhists in the…
(Read Part One: Envision Liberation and Justice) At a more sophisticated level, Buddhist psychology shows how training in mindfulness, integrity, generosity, and respect can create
Buddhist psychology helps us distinguish two critical aspects of feeling. The first and most essential quality is called the primary feeling. According to this perspective,…
