According to Buddha, the way to attain true and lasting mental freedom is to realize ultimate truth, emptiness. What does…
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Scanning the magazine rack at LaGuardia, wondering whether I could be bothered to buy anything to read, I spotted Newsweek’s…
On a recent Saturday evening, I was invited to the birthday party of a dear old friend, a party filled…
Click on the links below for a growing number of articles on Buddha’s teachings on the ultimate nature of reality,…
The last article, What is the root of all evil according to Buddha?, looked at how self-grasping — thinking that…
Synopsis Buddha said that the root of all our negative minds — all our so-called “delusions” or unpeaceful, uncontrolled minds…
It might be helpful to read Am I dreaming? first. (For a full and inspiring explanation of the subject, you’re…
As quoted in this previous article, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso says that if we have some experience of emptiness: “Everything becomes…
High above, in the endless clear sky of the Brazilian Serra da Bocaina rain forest, I watched eagles fly. They…
I was woken at 4am this morning by my mom in London: “Oh sorry darling, I didn’t mean to wake…