True humility comes from exchanging self with others, which is a blend of compassion and wisdom. As the great mind-training practitioner Geshe Langri Tangpa describes it: Whenever I associate with others May I view myself as the lowest of all. This is not a nebulous attitude but rooted in the clear understanding that cherishing a self that doesn’t exist is never going to work and that all the happiness there…
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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…
A guest article The Walk for Peace, which has captured the imaginations and hearts of millions of people, ends today in Washington DC. In this guest article, Jan Jemson describes this walk and then shares how it…
One of the things I’ve been thinking I’ll miss about Colorado is the endless space. It may be just “karmic wallpaper”, as a Buddhist nun friend helpfully put it; but the skies are huge, the windows are…
Some time has elapsed since I started talking about the emptiness of time, but there is only now, and now is the time. So here we go, carrying on from this: Wherever we go, there we are. …
Someone sent me an article this morning with this title, which I have shamelessly stolen, and the byline: A single act of kindness reminded me that, despite so much evidence to the contrary, the better angels of…
Hello everyone, happy holidays. Talking of which, I was contemplating this prayer the other day, one of the four immeasurables: May no one ever be separated from their happiness. This is often explained as referring to the…
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…
Written a few years ago, updated for 2025, still relevant. Scroll down for a ten-minute meditation to help you relax and build your confidence. I…
I was very pleased when my last family of foster cats – all five of them, mom and babies – found homes with Buddhist practitioners…
11 mins read. The law of entropy shows that despite all our best efforts to hold things together somehow, everything is being flung apart all…
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…
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…
Impermanence
Two ways of thinking about the same thing Geshe Kelsang has said…