‘All Buddha’s teachings end up here.’ Zen Graffiti
Morning meditation — All Buddha’s teachings.
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60+ Thoughtful Get-Well Wishes for Your Loved Ones
When someone we know goes through an illness or is recovering from an injury, there's really nothing we can do except care for them in a way that is possible for us. And unless we are part of their immediate family, we can't really participate in the regular...
Morning meditation — I warn you not to use those exercises for meditation.
‘I warn you not to use those exercises for meditation on quietude or for keeping the mind a blank.’ Hui Neng
For Love of Nature: Q&A with Jane Goodall
Wanting to know where eggs came from, the five-year-old Jane Goodall ensconced herself for hours in a henhouse, oblivious to the fact that her family was worriedly looking for her. But the little girl didn’t get scolded when she got home. Her mother saw how excited...
What Really Makes Us Happy
Melvin McLeod: Your newest book is called The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. So before we get to the question we all want the answer to—what actually makes us happy?—tell us about the famed study of human happiness you...
How to Practice Mindfulness Meditation
1. Choose a quiet and uplifted place to do your meditation practice. Sit cross-legged on a meditation cushion, or if that’s difficult, sit on a straight-backed chair with your feet flat on the floor, without leaning against the back of the chair. 2. Place your hands...
Morning meditation — I can’t do anything about it.
‘When you say, "Another delusion! I can’t do anything about it." You are giving these delusions wheels, aren’t you?’ Motoko Ikebe
Who Was the Buddha?
Contents Who Was Buddha? What Do We Know About the Historical Buddha? Have There Been Other Buddhas? What About the Buddhas in Buddhist Art? Do Buddhists Worship the Buddha? What Did the Buddha Teach? What Is Enlightenment? Is There a Buddhist Bible? Additional...
Becoming the Ally of All Beings
In the Buddhist tradition, bodhisattvas are those who, aspiring to enlightenment, make a resolve, “I vow to attain full enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings.” That is a pretty incredible vow! It means that we recognize our own liberation is intertwined...
Morning meditation — A body wrapped in rags.
‘A body wrapped in rags, but a followers mind possesses a priceless gem.’ Zen master Hsuan Chuen