Gratitude has become more than a practice for me. It is my lifestyle, my anchor, and my strength. There have been seasons in my life filled with uncertainty, financial challenges, responsibilities, and moments of confusion. At times, I felt overwhelmed by debts, basic...

‘Learned Audience, those who recite the word 'Prajna' the whole day long do not seem to know that Prajna is inherent in their own nature. But mere talking on food will not appease hunger, and this is exactly the case with these people.’ Hui Neng

“What will mess you up most in life is the picture in your head of how it is supposed to be.” ~Unknown I expected to get into college. I expected to have a career after a lot of hard work, and that one day I’d meet a nice man and we would get married. We would buy our...

‘Our very nature is Buddha, and apart from this nature there is no other Buddha.’ Hui Neng

To ignore Dukkha is to remain trapped in a cycle of endless craving and attachment.

“You teach people how to treat you by what you allow, what you stop, and what you reinforce.” ~Tony Gaskins It was a Tuesday afternoon when I said the word that saved my sanity: “No.” Just two letters. But the weight I’d been carrying for twenty-eight years finally...

‘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