Finding Refuge (Part Two)
(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...
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Finding 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...
Bodhisattva Vows
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...
Envision Liberation and Justice
(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 a...
All Experiences are Side Effects
Even with a teacher, there are three principles to keep in mind in working with these unfamiliar realms of our spiritual life. The first principle is...
End of Clinging
“Just so, Anajnda, in one who contemplates the enjoyment of all things that make for clinging, craving arises; through craving, clinging is conditioned; through clinging,...
Judging Another
One evening, the Buddha arose from his meditation and was seated outside the eastern gate of the park where he was staying. Then, King Pasenadi,...
Harmlessness
All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?...
The Nature of Hate
Hatred and aversion are all states of mind that strike against experience, pushing it away, rejecting what is presented in the moment. They do not...
No Enlightened Retirement
“If there be anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown...
Awakening the Buddha of Wisdom in Difficulties
“Who is your enemy? Mind is your enemy. Who is your friend? Mind is your friend.” ~Buddha I have on my refrigerator a picture of...
