“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,…
You’ve had many tastes of the ever-present mystery of life when you’ve fallen in love or been present at the birth of a child, or…
Trauma comes in all shapes and sizes, and as human beings we are all vulnerable to its potential effects. But how can we meet trauma…
Unhealthy thoughts can chain us to the past. They arise as vipaka, the result of past karma that we cannot change. We can, however, change…
Buddhist psychology helps us with two important tasks in working with thoughts. First it teaches us how to acknowledge the content of our…
The radiant abodes express the fruit of mental development. When they are in balance, loving-kindness, compassion, and joy rest in an unshakable equanimity. This peace…
One of the clearest and most useful ways to describe practice is in the terms of the seven factors of enlightenment. These are the natural…
The following passage is taken from, “A Path With Heart: A Guide Through The Perils And Promises of Spiritual Life” Before we can understand non-ordinary…
The art of living is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each…
For four decades, Buddhist meditation teacher Jack Kornfield has shared practical instructions for awakening the wise and compassionate heart in the midst of all we…
The Buddha promised his students that a way out of suffering and into a more deeply fulfilling life is not a myth, but a reality…
