A man walked past me on the beach recently dressed in a plain grey tee-shirt and ordinary looking shorts, only…
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On a recent Saturday evening, I was invited to the birthday party of a dear old friend, a party filled…
This article is part of the series: Is Compassion Happy or Sad? We are not aiming impossibly high even when…
Compassion is the fuel of spiritual progress, but is it a sad or a happy state of mind? The Buddhist…
A year ago, on March 11, Japan suffered from a terrible earthquake and tsunami that left an estimated 19,000 people…
In a recent article I tried to explain how self-grasping and self-cherishing, and the delusions they spawn, entirely undermine our…
(Apologies in advance for the relatively esoteric nature of this article! I’ll attempt to give some background at the end…
Turn on the faith, tune in to the blessings, and drop out of samsara (i.e. life characterized by delusions). This…
As quoted in this previous article, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso says that if we have some experience of emptiness: “Everything becomes…
I never thought poop could make me so happy. It was just a small piece the size of a dime,…