A person without an Apple watch is perfectly content with his present watch but when he sees his friends buying the watch, he will hanker for an Appl….
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism..
We can always begin again..
When repeated difficulties do arise, our first spiritual approach is to acknowledge what is present, naming, softly saying 'sadness, sadness', or 're….
When we seek happiness through accumulation, either outside of ourselves-from other people, relationships, or material goods-or from our own self-dev….
Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our ….
Yet it would be unfair to the generality of our kind to ascribe to their intellectual and moral weakness the gradual divergence of Buddhism and Chris….
Your Buddhism has made you mean Ray and makes you even afraid to take your clothes off for a simple healthy orgy.
One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values..
Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life..
The spirit of Buddhism is, more than anything, about valuing harmony and unity, in which others are respected and embraced rather than denounced. Thi….
One should rest with a peaceful and loving mind. Even wrathful emanating Buddhas manifest solely out of the wish to liberate beings..
In short: if one has nothing of value to say, only that which is impure defilement, avoid them. They are masters of the dark. Of no use..
If we develop a good heart we will progress to true compassion, and awaken Bodhicitta. This is the way of the Buddha's method..
Always walk in peace and beauty; in grace and love, speak only truth and you will be blessed. Where we are, let there be light..
We can bring our spiritual practice into the streets, into our communities, when we see each realm as a temple, as a place to discover that which is ….
The idea that Buddhism denies what is called in the West individual immortality is a mistake, so far as the Buddhist scriptures are concerned..
I think oysters are more beautiful than any religion,' he resumed presently. 'They not only forgive our unkindness to them; they justify it, they inc….
Without being aware of it, you take many things as being your identity: your body, your race, your beliefs, your thoughts..
We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night..
We need a repeated discipline, a genuine training, in order to let go of our old habits of mind and to find and sustain a new way of seeing..