If we get into the habit of making mandala offerings, we swiftly purify our mind and start to see the world in a purer way. For example, we may notice that we can still love people even when we disagree entirely with what they are saying. We can see past the insanity of their delusions to their Buddha nature and equal and unchanging wish to be happy. We start to…
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Guest appearance by the author of this popular article: Chronic pain & fatigue and the quiet power of Dharma. Rushing to hospital recently with severe pain and other never-before-experienced symptoms, I was admitted for same-day emergency surgery.…
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Does how we view others come down to what we want out of life? If our main interest is in worldly enjoyments and achievements – for example we crave wealth or accolades – others can be in…
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Here are two meditations you can practice at home. All you need is a comfortable chair or cushion and five to ten minutes’ free time.…
Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really are happier and calmer than other people. ~ Reuters For more than twenty years now,…
It is that up-in-the-air time again, when between recovering from the same-old, same-old hectic holidays and looking lugubriously ahead to the same-old, same-old January treadmill…
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This brave, funny and happy man is helping millions of people to change their attitude, seeing the glass as half full rather than half empty.…
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Given that we have to go to work and/or hang out and/or…
Impermanence
My good friend Sue is currently in hospice. Please pray for her.…