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,…
Sometimes you need a story more than food. Sometimes to hear a story and sometimes to tell it. We all carry personal stories we long…
This human world is sometimes called the desire realm because so much of it runs on desire and wanting. How to relate wisely with desire…
In this podcast I’m joined by Chade-Meng Tan for an exploration of how spiritual practice and the search inside ourselves can guide us through our…
In popular Western culture we are taught that the way to achieve happiness is to change our external environment to fit our wishes. But this…
In our busy world, we tend to overlook the capacity we have to allow the mind to settle down and rest, to become deeply silent…
“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…
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…
“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…
People often struggle to understand karma. Karma is simply the law of cause and effect, and in our lives this law of cause and effect…
After more than 40 years teaching mindfulness and compassion to thousands on the spiritual path, the most important message I can offer is this: You…
