The present moment is the doorway to true calm. It is the only place you can love or awaken—the eternal present. You cannot know the…
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…
If you understand—things are just as they are. If you do not understand—things are just as they are. —Zen saying From the universal perspective, all…
We revisit the adventure from the Upanishads of Nachiketa and his odyssey to meet with the Lord of Death. We look at the wisdom to…
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…
You are part of the web of life, so you don’t need to hold on so tightly. Ultimately, who you are is awareness itself. No…
By acknowledging the inherent impermanence in life, we can become comfortable with uncertainty and better navigate our incarnations as they are given. The word Dharma…
Meditation comes alive through a growing capacity to release our habitual entanglement in the stories and plans, conflicts and worries that make up the small…
Equanimity is a wonderful quality, a spaciousness and balance of heart. Although it grows naturally with our meditation practice, equanimity can also be cultivated in…
Letting go of our attachment and desire for control opens us to the vastness that this incarnation has to offer. How do we go about…
Jack delivers a talk on how identity leads us to suffer and shares the Buddha’s path towards freedom from that suffering. The Buddha’s teachings are…
When times are uncertain, difficult, fearful, full of change, they become the perfect place to deepen the practice of awakening. After viewing the elections….whatever your…
