‘Attachment operates as wanting something or wanting more. And anger is also wanting—wanting to reject, wanting to put off. So, according to Buddhism, both of these two emotions are undesirable.’ Geshe Tashi Tsering

I am Sandy, a single 52-year-old woman who has a mental illness, but I am pretty. All my life I've been pretty, and I used my looks to get by and to make money. I never thought that one day, my looks would be gone. I never developed personality traits beyond that. I...

‘You should know that so far as Buddha-nature is concerned, there is no difference between an enlightened man and an ignorant one. What makes the difference is that one realises it, while the other is ignorant of it.’ Hui Neng

‘The Eightfold Path is really just awareness. Awareness is the path, and the eight parts are more or less positions for reflection.’ Ajahn Sumedho

‘The Buddha’s teachings are not abstract doctrines but practical guides for awakening.’ Everyday Buddhism

“It is not your responsibility to figure out what someone else is feeling and why. Let go of the illusion that ‘fixing’ their bad mood will make you feel better.” ~Sarah Crosby Some years ago, I was talking to my husband on the phone. He sounded annoyed about...

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” —Rumi The last days of the year felt like the right time to let go. I stood in my backyard with twenty-five years of journals—thick notebooks filled with prayers, confessions, and late-night...

My wife, Gitu, and I recently visited Kaudiyala, on the banks of the Ganga river, where we’d had our Hindu wedding in the spring of 1996. Being there again was a joyful reminder of the practice of marriage and how it has helped us grow in friendship, companionship,...

‘So when facing difficulties, sometimes just thinking of the phrase ‘‘everything is subject to change’’ will give strength to my mind.’ Geshe Tashi Tsering