One is a Buddhist if he or she accepts the following four truths: All compounded things are impermanent. All emotions are pain. All things have…
The Progress Question | Tricycle
“I’ve been meditating for some time, but my mind seems just as chaotic and confused as when I started. Am I doing something wrong?” Almost…
Modern Education and the Future of Buddhism: An Interview with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche : Conversations and Interviews : Mingkok : Buddhistdoor
DKR: Well, I think just tell the kids, “Hey, look, there’s something called ‘mind’—we are not like a machine. What you think, others don’t think;…
Penelope Sands – I have not heard the Zen phrase “living in vow”…
LIVING BY VOW by Dainin Katagiri Roshi In Buddhism a spiritual life requires the practice of taking a vow. Mahayana Buddhists take the vow of…
How Can We Work with Stress in Our Everyday Life? – Ponlop Rinpoche (video)
Here is a beautiful simple direct short teaching from Ponlop Rinpoche. It’s not so easy but it is simple. Great encouragement to practice. HOW CAN…
Bursting the Bubble of Fear | Tricycle
Here is a lovely article from Ezra Bayda in 2002 in Tricycle magazine. It describes the practice I am continuing to work with, with the…
7 tips to de-stress your home « Karen Maezen Miller’s Cheerio Road
A tour bus stops in front of my house and two dozen visitors disembark. They’ve come to view the 100-year-old Japanese garden in my backyard….
Sticking with It :: Sharon Salzberg :: Tricycle
A friend invited me out to lunch one day and in the course of the meal offered the following confession: ‘‘I’ve been meditating for about…
Building Inner Strength :: Pema Chodron
You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts. Embracing the totality of your experience…
Surrender to Your Body :: Reggie Ray
“We could ask ourselves, ‘How do we move beyond a point of self-hatred?’ And the answer is just so simple: it’s by surrendering. And what…