Do Not Despair
The Buddhist approach to this collective suffering is to turn toward it. We understand that genuine happiness and meaning will come through tending to suffering....
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Meditation on Stopping the War Within
Sit comfortably for a few minutes, letting your body be at rest. Let your breathing be easy and natural. Bring your attention into the present,...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 78 – Nachiketa and the Lord of Death
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...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 76 – The Three Gateways to Freedom
These teachings welcome you all, whatever particular body you were born into. Whatever your class or sexual orientation or race. The gates of the Dharma...
Dharma and Politics
Many Buddhist practitioners have questioned what to do in these turbulent times. More than anything, I believe the world is in need of a spiritual...
Freedom from Repetitive Thoughts
There are a few basic principles for learning how to release the contractions and stuck places we encounter in meditation. One of the most...
Why We Suffer
Like the mother of the world who carries the pain of the world in her heart, you are sharing in the totality of this...
Healing the Heart
Just as we open and heal the body by sensing its rhythms and touching it with a deep and kind attention, so we can open...
From Self-Hate to Compassion
In 1989, at one of the first international Buddhist teacher meetings, we Western teachers brought up the enormous problem of unworthiness and self-criticism, shame...
Believe in Your Goodness
Robert Johnson, the noted Jungian analyst, acknowledges how difficult it is for many of us to believe in our goodness. We more easily take our...
Wonderful, Messy Failure
We all face praise and blame, joy and sorrow, gain and loss. To have compassion for your human vulnerability is a blessed, tender practice. Poet...
