Shortly after I first arrived in Colorado I was driving through the Rockies, nature at its finest, when out of nowhere arose an enormous apartment block. I thought I was dreaming (which I was, as always); but, as I kept driving, more and more incongruous city buildings towered above the road until it dawned on me that I’d stumbled into a casino town slap bang in the middle of the…
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Happy New Year Everyone! Quick note: For any of you who may be seeing this blog for the first time, I occasionally write a reminder that it does not express the official views of the New Kadampa…
This month many people are having the opportunity to do retreat at Kadampa Centers and temples around the world. To find out more, check out the official website for the New Kadampa Tradition: http://www.kadampa.org. The moment I…
Naimah Hassan lived an inspiring life and faced her final illness and death with strength. Amongst many things, she is a beautiful example of the power of Dharma and the significance of sharing it with others. I…
A house mate was telling me today how concerned he is about his younger brother, aged 22 – why? Because he is suffering from anxiety, along with a surprising number of his friends. A couple of…
The seventh way to foster resilience is to find a way to laugh at our own adversity. To see the absurdity and true nature of samsara and to take it less seriously or feel less threatened by…
By LK and two guest writers. Is it just me, or does whomever you talk to these days tell you about big problems in the area where they live? Someone was just telling me that LA was…
4 mins read and a video Did you hear about the rescue of the 12 Thai boys and their coach? Probably, unless you were stuck…
Meditation is all about changing from within. Usually we’re busy trying to change things out there, but in meditation we go inward to look much…
Yesterday I met Steve, recently evicted from his mobile home and locked out from his possessions for no longer earning enough money from eBay to…
I’m carrying on from this article on Tantra, and how we can use the power of bliss, wisdom, and the creative power of our imagination…
Carrying on with even more benefits of transforming enjoyments into the spiritual path with the help of the meditation on transforming enjoyments … Bliss destroys grasping…
(Apologies in advance for the relatively esoteric nature of this article! I’ll attempt to give some background at the end for those of you who…
A guest article by a modern Buddhist practitioner who works full time as a manager of software engineer teams. In Buddha’s teachings on training our…
By now many of you know that Colin Chase died on Saturday. Because it turns out that this man is extraordinary, this past week has…
Mind-training
Last Monday I found myself at Fort Funston in San Fran, had that vast beach to myself again, just like…
Miscellaneous
Impermanence
This is the sixth article from a guest writer, Kadampa Buddhist and…
Self Confidence
This is the fourth in a series of articles on overcoming discouragement.…