There are some people in your life, like Colin, with whom you feel you have a unique friendship, that you were somehow extra special to them and they to you. Then they die, whereupon the mass outpouring makes you realize there were umpteen people who felt that way 😂 Iben Clausen is one of those people. We do go back a long way – I was 18 when we met,…
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A guest article by Jan J. When I first walked into the Kadampa Meditation Centre in Brighton, it would be fair to describe me as broken. Due to recurring traumatic events and heartbreaking disappointments, I had become…
I can still see those smiles. Well, it was only yesterday, but I think it’ll be a while before I forget them. I hope so. Off for a hike, I stopped at Subways to buy a picnic.…
Perhaps it’s cos I challenged myself recently to hire a car for my niece’s wedding, drive it across London, and brave the English countryside, all on the wrong, I mean left, side of the road — a…
A friend was telling me how she came under relentless criticism earlier this year for things she really hadn’t done – in point of fact, she’d been doing the opposite (good) things instead, for years. I know…
People are just getting back from this year’s International Kadampa Summer Festival, where a bumper crowd of 3,500 received the Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments of Heruka and Vajrayogini from the NKT’s new General Spiritual Director, Gen-la Jampa.…
“Why do I need Tantra when Sutra already seems enough?” Some Buddhist practitioners are happily enjoying stages of the path (Lamrim), Buddhist psychology, and the Bodhisattva path. They wonder “”Why add another layer?” “What’s the point of…
“How are you?” I just asked someone. And she answered with a pained expression, “Busy!!!” “What are you up to?” I continued, and she replied that she had…
Meditation is the way to access our own pure potential for mental freedom and happiness, gain deep experience of Buddha’s teachings, and really change for…
This guest article from our Kadampa Buddhist dad, who has five young kids and a very busy job, is a continuation of Advice from a Buddhist…
8.5 mins read. I do like this time of year – sitting in the Spring sunshine watching those moist bright green buds pop out hopefully…
Stumbling into an article called “Is Luck Real?”, I got thinking about one of my favorite things to think about, which is karma. (Here is…
In the last few days I’ve had a few things go wrong with this body – none of them worth writing home about, but, added…