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

Tara, the savioress, is the most beloved by Tibetans of all the female awakened beings. Tara is known as “she who ferries beings across the ocean of samsara.” She is fully enlightened and is inseparable from genuine reality, or true nature, the dharmakaya. She rushes...

It was the quarantine Thanksgiving of 2020. Like so many other millennials that year, Vy, my future wife, and I were forced to be the adults in the kitchen for the first time. It was when I had my head bent to the candied yams and trussed turkey when Vy noticed I had...