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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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....
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 81 – Fostering Creativity
It is one thing to study the texts or to do various practices or come on a retreat to learn the Dharma tradition, but the...
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...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 74 – The Heart of Compassion
Perfections of the Heart (Opening) – We reflect on the Buddhist teachings known as the Ten Paramitas, also known as the Ten Perfections of the...
Audio: The Joy of Virtue
Conscious conduct or virtue, means acting harmoniously and with care toward the life around us. For spiritual practice to develop, it is absolutely essential that...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 70 – The Essence of Buddhist Psychology: Part 1
Buddhist teachings have been taught as both philosophy and religion but in its original form, Buddhist teachings are really a science of the mind. If...
Awakening to Your Buddha Nature
“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...
Audio: The Generous Heart
To cultivate generosity directly is another fundamental part of living a spiritual life. Like meditation, generosity can actually be practiced. With practice, its spirit forms...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 69 – A Foundation of Resolve
Whether it shows outwardly or is held inwardly, we all inevitably will face difficulty and suffering in life. Adhiṭṭhāna, one of the 10 pāramitās or...
Right Understanding
The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding. Right understanding has two parts. To start with, it asks a question...
