Consciousness is colored by the states that visit it.—Buddha “Eh,” my teacher Ajahn Chah would peer at me when I was having a hard time,…
“In a world of tension and breakdown it is necessary for there to be those who seek to integrate their inner lives not by avoiding…
As you practice in Dharma you get a sense that the allowing of things is what brings freedom. In this episode, we begin with a…
Anger is easy to see, and greed is more subtle, but delusion is the hardest. All the accompanying mind states get cloudy, confusing. — Ajahn…
As we observe our thoughts and question our beliefs, we come to understand that while thinking, planning and remembering are vital to our lives,…
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…
Ajahn Chah was a Thai Buddhist monk. He was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition. Respected…
Jack sat down with Tim Ferriss for his podcast The Tim Ferriss Show to talk about meditation, forgiveness, hang gliding and much more. Tim has…
“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…
“Learning the Middle Path, the life of balance, allows the heart’s natural awareness and compassion to grow. We become free and gracious.” – Jack Kornfield…
Meditation comes alive through a growing capacity to release our habitual entanglement in the stories and plans, conflicts and worries that make up the small…
The wisdom of uncertainty frees us from what Buddhist psychology calls the thicket of views and opinions. “Seeing misery in those who cling to views,…
