The essence of Buddhist Practice
What is the essence of Buddhist practice?
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October 13, 2021
Buddhas and beings
Explaining why both devotion towards Enlightened beings and compassion towards sentient beings are said to help support the path
July 7, 2020
Dressed to save lives
Maybe this virus is telling us something. Maybe it is time for us to start valuing the right things. Many of us feel we are at war. In many regards…
March 31, 2020
The wake-up call
This is a historical and unique global situation, one we can use to practice compassion, care, empathy and act appropriately out of love, not out of fear. Contain the Coronavirus…
March 25, 2020
Put yourself first
How awful does this sound? As trained Mahayana practitioners we can’t but be shocked by such a statement. I was. However, unless and until we have attained an unwavering realization…
October 9, 2019
In love with love
Love is what we are. That is why it is so good to be in love. If we remove the self-centered part of it, and retain the tenderness and deep…
October 5, 2019
Let it be
If we don't compare it with what we would like it to be, what we think it should be, or what we thought it would be - everything is perfect…
October 2, 2019
Bareheart
Walking bareheart Into the rawness of life There is pain and wonder And both are very crisp Death is always just one breath away When we let go of all…
September 30, 2019
Samsara is unfixable
It always suprises me when, even after so many years of trying to practice Buddhism, I still see myself hoping to fix Samsara. Hoping for the perfect conditions, expecting everything…
September 30, 2019
Nobody hurts us
Nobody hurts us - our emotions do. This is not an absolute truth, of course. But a pretty much truth anyway. It is not the actual harm that is done…
September 5, 2019