What is a day really for? I’ve seen four clips these past few days that illustrate the need to think about this if I want my life to have a deeper meaning. The first, and simplest, clip is just a stick person getting up each morning, going to work, coming home, going to sleep, getting up again, etc, in an endless loop. The endless to-do list The second is a…
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Fairly dicey times here on Planet Earth. What direction are we headed in? In the introduction to Prayers for World Peace, which Geshe Kelsang gave us way back in 2001, he says: World peace is very important;…
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…
A very handsome man, to my eyes, just walked into this London café on what looked to be a date with a woman sitting here. “Lucky her,” I was half-thinking; but in the time it took for…
Lately I’ve had no time to develop a full blown article from up my sleeve, so I thought I’d share some gentle musings instead. Gratitude Simon from Eritrea told me he is in a good mood because…
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.…
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…
This continues directly from this article. Time off?! Also, if you actually itemize what many frenetically “busy” people do every week, my bet would be…
Two of my mother’s carers with health issues, a sister in law on a yoga course, and an old schoolfriend have all asked me just…
If you’ve ever wondered what meditation is all about and how it’s possible to do it, especially in a very busy life, or if you…
For the inner demons who do not come out into the open, or at least only in such shadowy ways that we cannot properly identify…
The long read!!! Sorry about that. Big subject. What can Buddhists do? (Jul 2022: Wrote this before all the heat waves, fires, drought, melting glaciers,…
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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By the way, samsara has always sucked. Buddha predicted, and Geshe Kelsang…