The Zen of an Aching Heart
Sometimes suffering the losses and the unexpected betrayals and breakups that befall each of us becomes where we grow deepest in our capacity to lead …
Tag: Compassion
Forgiveness Repairs the World
Buddhist psychology offers specific teachings and practices for the development of forgiveness. Like the practice of compassion, forgiveness does not ignore the truth of our…
Awaken the Buddha Within
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…
Video: What Makes a Wise & Just Society?
How can we mindfully navigate this life? The outer developments of humanity must be matched by inner developments. At this time, we are, as the…
Forgiving Ourselves
Finding a way to extend forgiveness to ourselves is one of our most essential tasks. Just as others have been caught in suffering, so have…
Redemption and Forgiveness
“No one is forgotten. It is a lie, any talk of God that does not comfort you.” ~Meister Eckhart Milarepa, the most famous saint in…
Practice: Meeting Difficulty with Wise Intention
Pick a situation of difficulty or conflict with others. Reflect on your last encounters and on the motivation from which you operated. How did this…
Natural Joy (Part Two)
(Read Part One: Natural Joy) When I returned to the United States and began to teach, my colleagues and I tended to emphasize the…
Optimal Mental Health
“With wisdom let your mind full of love pervade one quarter of the world, and so to the second, third and fourth quarter. Fill the…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 26 – When Love Meets Sorrow
“When Love meets sorrow it becomes compassion” As we become silent we start to awaken to the mystery of this human realm. We begin…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 23 – Garden of the Heart
Spiritual practice requires of us a kind and devoted attention to the opening of the body as well as the heart. We cultivate the necessary…
