Do you ever feel like there’s always more to do – that however much you’re doing, it’s still not enough? And find yourself identifying with that sinking feeling, “I am not enough. I am not good enough.”? This could be a sign that we need to take a few minutes to rejoice in our good qualities and good deeds. Carrying on from this article: Get rich quick: how to create…
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Me and a couple of thousand other people recently spent a week in an architecturally award-winning Temple for World Peace in Spain learning about the so-called “Eleven Reversals”. Meditating on these regularly is meditating on the whole…
A couple of days into all this chicken stuff, all hell broke loose in Israel. Since then, things have gone from bad to worse to a hell hole, threatening to engulf the region and the world. When…
I recently spent time with some chickens in Cartama near Malaga, where I was staying in a rural house with friends and attending the International Kadampa Fall Festival at the Spanish Temple for World Peace. I fed…
Your self is fictional so you can rewrite it. The reason I’m saying this is because a friend just sent me this very interesting article: Eastern philosophy says there is no “self.” Science agrees. I think the whole…
This might be Kadam Adam’s most accessible, practical, and experiential Podcast to date, which is really saying something. The conversation serves as a very useful overview of how meditation, mindfulness, and Buddhist wisdom can help us navigate…
In a recent article I was saying we could feel happy about the 3+ thousand people-strong International Kadampa Buddhist Festival. Alternatively … we could feel grumpy about it. Point being, how we feel about it is largely…
9.5 mins read. Do you agree that identifying with our limitless Buddha nature is the start of identifying ourself correctly? As Venerable Geshe Kelsang explains…
Yesterday I ran into a cool guy at the Colorado Mills Outlet Mall – he was smiling so broadly as he served his customers that…
Recently the New York Times did another article on the benefits of meditation – along the lines of how scientists are finding it makes your…
9 mins read Do you ever wish you had a quick fix for an unhappy mind? Like you even know what you could be doing…
(Update April 2022: Someone reminded me of this article and asked me to reshare it in the light of its relevance to what’s going on…
The world’s a mess! But please don’t despair … This is the second half of this article. Got blessings? There is so much suffering in the…
In the Vajrapani teachings in 2008, Geshe Kelsang said: Milarepa said to…
Right now, reading this, what is the consciousness you are having of your screen, or…
In this article I was talking about changing our thoughts to get past the grasping…
The meditation on the nature of our own mind has many benefits, the first being…
A guest article by Gen Samten Kelsang. (Para leer este artículo en español utilice este link.)It was Manjushri Centre in 1983. I had just moved…
I want to explore over a couple of articles what Buddhists think about suicide. A friend of mine has kindly shared her story. My brother…
A guest article My name is Jan J and I’ve been a practising Kadampa for many years. I work full time and, like many, have…
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Society
10 mins read. Once upon a time, about 3 weeks ago, when…
Impermanence
10 mins read This week (Sept 9-15) is suicide prevention awareness week.…
Self Confidence
There seems to be a fair bit of hubris around lately, like…
Buddha nature
I’ve been watching a couple of gentle dramas unfold on the other…