Archives for December 18, 2014

Simplifying our lives

Matthieu Ricard teaches us about simplifying our lives in these words of wisdom today. He is suggesting that we drop the thousands of unimportant activities that are not based on skillful means. Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness: the […]

Reversing Our Priorities | December 18, 2014

Reversing Our Priorities | December 18, 2014 If we are serious about combating selfishness and promoting compassion in the world, then is it not vital that we develop the tools of intellectual self-defense to deal with these assaults on our minds and hearts? The solution must lie in reversing the priorities, in subordinating dead things—money, […]

Why You Overlook Your Abundance Blocks: Interview with Christie Marie Sheldon –

Why You Overlook Your Abundance Blocks: Interview with Christie Marie Sheldon –.

The Silence of Happiness

The Silence of Happiness is a new movie by the director of ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’.

Bodh Gaya

In 1975, I visited Bodh Gaya. My daughter was there in 2011 and did a ten day vipassana retreat in the tradition of S. N. Goenka. Bodh Gaya is the center of Buddhist activity for the whole world. It was the place where the Buddha had his great enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. Check out […]