The Great Bell Chant

This video of the Great Bell Chant featuring the voice of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most moving videos I have ever watched. Brother Phap Niem’s lovely voice sings out through the cosmos in Vietnamese. Thay, as Thich Nhat Hanh is known by his followers, narrates his poem in English. The […]

Bounce Back BIG in 2015

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Help Buddhism Evolve | January 3, 2015 – Myogen Steve Stücky, “To the Last Moment”

Help Buddhism Evolve | January 3, 2015 Buddhist practice is a wonderful, very important expression of people’s interest in something that goes beyond their own self-interest. It is a profound practice, a lineage practice. We actually have the capacity, and, in a sense, each of us has the responsibility—whether we know it or not or […]

The Second Arrow

The second arrow is a teaching from the time of the Buddha. The Buddha was giving a teaching to an assembly of his monks and nuns. He asked, “If a person is struck by an arrow, is it painful?” The monks and nuns replied, “Yes, it is.” The Buddha then asked, “If the person is […]

Unlock Your Unlimited Abundance with Christie Marie Sheldon

On January 8, 2014, you can learn how to unlock your Unlimited Abundance with Christie Marie Sheldon. Register here. Christie is an intuitive energy healer. She helps people transform their lives by connecting to the universal mind. With over 10,000 people in her client list, she has demonstrated again and again the value of her […]

14 Religious Moments In 2014 That Give Us Hope For 2015

14 Religious Moments In 2014 That Give Us Hope For 2015.

Out with the Old, In with the New | January 1st, 2015

Out with the Old, In with the New | January 1st, 2015 The real purpose of Buddhist practice is to cut down your addictions and to correct your habitual patterns and this can be achieved as a layperson or as a monk or nun. That brings us to the question of Buddhist ethics—changing habitual patterns […]

Loving Kindness Blessings for 2015

These loving kindness blessings for 2015 came to me in an email from a friend. I altered them a bit to fit the spirit of the New Year and Meditation Practices. Enjoy and pass on! May you let go of all thoughts of limitation and stop settling for less than you are worth. May you […]

Willingness to Investigate | December 31, 2014

Willingness to Investigate | December 31, 2014 When we are willing to investigate, with loving attention, the difficult feelings that come up in relationship to others, our happiness or unhappiness is less conditioned by how others behave. – Narayan Liebenson Grady, “Questioning the Question”

Forgiveness Training with Jack Kornfield

Happy New Year! Since this is the last day of the year, it is a great time to think about forgiveness so we can enter the new year with joy and happiness. The subject of this video is a forgiveness training with Jack Kornfield. It was presented at the Greater Good Science Center in Berkeley, […]