No, it’s not. I only feel the need to write this because the New Kadampa Tradition has been labelled by…
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I wrote this on the occasion of the Boston bombings, but the technique for transforming senseless tragedy into spiritual insight…
A good day to talk about love, I think. This is the annual “love day”. For most of us, our…
Happy Buddha’s Enlightenment Day! April 15th is another big holy(i)day for Kadampa Buddhists, marking the anniversary of Buddha Shakyamuni demonstrating the…
On Monday, the U.N. General Assembly asked the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to host a daylong special session on…
The movie Unstoppable is based on the true 2001 story of a runaway train. The “real life” CSX 8888 train…
What (or who) do we see when we look at strangers? Do we mainly see their bodies? Their minds, after…
(Part of the series Is compassion happy or sad?) The main reason why thinking of others’ suffering hurts is due…
Compassion is the fuel of spiritual progress, but is it a sad or a happy state of mind? The Buddhist…
When I was in my early thirties, and looking moreorless good still, I recall complaining to my hair stylist that…