Cultivating confidence isn’t always what comes to mind when people think of mindfulness, nor the reason why they decide to practice meditation or study Buddhism. We often start out looking to reduce stress or just generally be more grateful and present for all the...

‘Knowing mind as no-mind, neither ill nor medicine. In confused times all matters, though troubling, are not different. Originally nothing 0to grasp, why then use remedies? Though magic shows exist, they're empty appearances.’ Zen Master Niutou

‘The Buddha’s path is one of practice and insight, leading each person to their own awakening, beyond words, beyond teachers, and beyond the constraints of the ordinary mind.’ Everyday Buddhism

Instead, it lies far beyond the impermanent world of form.

‘Without mind following things, freely playing everywhere. Awakening through non-awakening, enlightenment without enlightenment. Gain and loss both cast aside, who speaks of good or bad? All actions originally without doing.’ Zen Master Niutou

‘Maybe we are immersed in a noisy environment and then, perhaps, go into the mountains. But then we can feel scared by the silence because of being so used to a constant background of noise.’ Corrado Pensa

Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village monastery in southern France has lost a building to fire. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured. According to a social media message posted yesterday by Plum Village and the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation: Last night, flames engulfed one...

‘The Buddha’s path is one of practice and insight, leading each person to their own awakening, beyond words, beyond teachers, and beyond the constraints of the ordinary mind.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘I laugh to see what happens in samsara's show.’ Words of my Perfect Teacher