“Contentment has more to do with a heart of joy as life unfolds than it ever will with a life filled with stuff.” ~Kate Summers Recently, an older friend who was no longer able to attend to life without assistance was placed in a senior care facility. From my...

Anna Douglas, one of Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s founding teachers and the founder of Insight Meditation Tucson, died Wednesday, March 12, 2025 following “a steady decline, mostly due to advanced Parkinson’s.” She was 85. Douglas taught classes and retreats in the...

I have struggled with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder for over half of my life. I am reluctant to say that I have OCD any longer, as in the words of clinical psychologist Amy Mariaskin (2022), I am currently dealing with an OC-normal brain, as opposed to an OC-disorder...

‘The pure land of a buddha has no image and no form. What can adorn it? Only the jewels of meditation and wisdom can serve as adornments.’ Hui Neng

‘When one is asked: “Who is repeating Buddha’s name?” everybody knows that he himself repeats it, but is it repeated by the mouth or by the mind? If the mouth repeats it, why does not it do so when one sleeps? If the mind repeats it, what does the mind look like?'...

‘The Dharma realm cannot be seen, Yet it is perceived through sound. Discriminating between scriptures is baseless — Only this Dharma leads to the path.’ Avaivartikacakra sūtra

‘The timeless present is not merely a moment in time, but a quality of awareness that transcends time itself. It is the realisation that the moment is, in fact, the only reality we directly experience.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘As we deepen our meditation practice, a subtle yet transformative distinction begins to emerge: consciousness is the experience, whilst awareness is the function.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘People sit beneath the Bodhi tree. But this doesn’t mean they have any profound understanding.’ Ajahn Chah

‘Noticing a single shortcoming in ourselves is far more useful than seeing a 1,000 in someone else. We can correct our own.’ Dalai Lama