Skillful thinking contd…: cultivating loving friendliness
Unintentionally, I surprised this baby and mommy deer “You talk to yourself too much. You are not unique in that. [...]
The Noble Eight Fold Path Part 2: Right Intention – Sammā san̄kappa or Skillful thinking
Letting go... “Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.” ―Gautama [...]
The Fourth Noble Truth – the Path that Leads to the End of Suffering: Practical application
Magga (Middle Way), known as the Eightfold Noble Path, often represented as the wheel of clarity, is the prescription to [...]
The Four Noble Truths series: Third Truth: Nirodha (The Cessation of Suffering)
It has been said that nibbana (nirvana, enlightenment) is the absence of desire and attachment and that dissatisfaction ends when [...]
The Four Noble Truths: The Path that Leads to the End of Suffering – Part 3
Second Truth – The Cause of Dissatisfaction (Samudāya) The Buddha taught that the root of all suffering is desire, tanhā [...]
The Four Noble Truths: The gradual training series of happiness. Part 2
"I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path. That's all I teach" - the Buddha, 2500 years ago. This is [...]
The Four Noble Truths: The gradual training series. Week.1
Would you rather be read to? India in the 6th Century BCE suffered: wars, economic uncertainty... sound familiar? On an [...]
Overwhelmed by anger and frustration? Pause to look inside.
Would you rather be read to? In August 1947 Mahatma Gandhi, the father of modern India, led my country to [...]
Cherish the earth, cherish the body – one act, one moment at a time.
And one tree at a time “The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after [...]
Staying Calm by Practicing Metta
Rajasthan, India (staying 6 feet apart) “When you go out and see the empty streets, the empty stadium, the empty [...]