On this blog, I often talk about gratitude and feeling grateful for the blessings in our lives. A lot of it is advice that might be helpful but it can still be difficult to actually find new things to be grateful for consistently. So, today I will be helping you...

‘Here in this moment we know whether we feel good or not, whether we’re suffering or not.’ Diana St Ruth

‘The nature of the tea itself is that of no-mind. It does not discriminate and make differences. It is just as it is.’ ManGong Sunim

In each of us, there is a young, suffering child. We have all had times of difficulty as children and many of us have experienced trauma. To protect and defend ourselves against future suffering, we often try to forget those painful times. Every time we’re in touch...

‘Those who think ‘‘this is me’’, ‘‘this is mine’’, are on the path of suffering.’ Everyday Buddhism

A lot of times we can get stuck in a place where our minds seem to be rotting with the same spiraling thoughts, that same low negative energy, and gloomy feelings. Maybe a particular event led to it, or a series of them, that's the way things get complicated as time...

While I don’t consider myself an angry person, I have always had an open curiosity about anger. As a child, I remember experiencing deep fear in the chaotic moments of my mother’s angry spells. I felt helpless and anxious, but I suppressed these emotions because of my...

Aunque no me considero una persona que se enoja fácilmente, siempre he tenido mucha curiosidad con respecto a la ira. Cuando era niña, recuerdo haber experimentado un miedo profundo en los momentos caóticos de ira de mi madre. Me sentía impotente y ansiosa, pero...

‘Don’t get distracted. Don’t look for the Buddha anywhere apart from your own mind.’ Beopjeong Sunim

Durante mucho tiempo, consideré el samaya como el vínculo íntimo de cuidado en el que los estudiantes aceptan encomendarse enteramente a un maestro, y el maestro acepta actuar enteramente de forma que beneficie al estudiante. Esta comprensión no surgió principalmente...