Occupation: Writer Birth: August 3, 1941
Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to become..
You take up energy towards someone because you think loving your enemy doesn't just mean caving into your enemy. It means first of all liberating you….
First of all, "no self" doesn't mean there is no self, haha. So the "no problem" is jumped at a little too fast I'm afraid. Especially in American cu….
Every time you have a big blast-out experience you think that's the ultimate-everything, and of course it isn't, although you can get hints. The key ….
In the practice of exchanging self & other, paradoxes abound..
Take the example of people who are being most unrealistic - people who are beating monks to death and torturing them. Why shouldn't you be angry or h….
The problem in our society is the ego psychology and conventional wisdom about "look out for #1." That conventional wisdom thinks that "love your ene….
If you love your enemy, that means you want your enemy to be happy..
It took me forty years of dealing with buddhism to finally realize that actually Buddha's discovery was happiness and bliss..
If you see really bright lights, or hear really loud noises, go towards them, don't run away from anything. It's like giving someone instructions on ….