These teachings welcome you all, whatever particular body you were born into. Whatever your class or sexual orientation or race. The gates of the Dharma…
The invitation of mindfulness and loving awareness is really to be alive and present here on this earth and in this life in a wakeful…
There are a few basic principles for learning how to release the contractions and stuck places we encounter in meditation. One of the most…
“In the ever-changing circumstance of the world – those outer circumstances are not what makes you happy. They will for a while, there is a…
“O Nobly Born” the Buddhist texts begin, remember your Buddha Nature. Remember your innate capacity for dignity, understanding and vast compassion. These gifts were born…
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is not. Suffering arises from grasping. Release grasping and be free of suffering. Anyone who has had even the briefest introduction…
Without mindfulness, we exist in the cycle of living known as samsara. We examine how the different levels of mindfulness practice allow us to shed…
A Bodhisattva is one who has tread the path to freedom laid out by the Buddha and dedicates their life to sharing that with the…
Who is your enemy? Mind is your enemy. No one can harm you more than your own mind untamed. And who is your friend? Mind…
“How amazing. All living beings have the Buddha nature of awakening and freedom, yet they do not realize this. Unknowingly they wander on the ocean…
Spiritual Awakening is found in the here and now. In the Zen tradition they say, “After the ecstasy, the laundry.” Spiritual maturity manifests itself in…
The karmic patterns that we create through our hearts transcend the limitations of time and space. To awaken the heart of compassion and wisdom in…
