(Read Part One: Natural Joy) When I returned to the United States and began to teach, my colleagues and I tended to emphasize the…
“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…
“When Love meets sorrow it becomes compassion” As we become silent we start to awaken to the mystery of this human realm. We begin…
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…
What attitude can we carry into a world of conflict and difficulty that will allow us to treasure and fully embody the work we do…
Buddhist Statement on Racial Justice May 14, 2015 “If you have come to help me you are wasting your time. But if you recognize that…
120 Buddhist leaders of every color and tradition joined together at last weeks’ White House Buddhist gathering. On a fine spring day there converged orange…
It is a great relief to discover that our stories do not fully define who we are, or what is happening to us. One practitioner…
Ancient Buddhist tales of redemption are recounted to encourage our understanding that it is never too late to start anew. The object of meditation is…
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…
