Apply Yourself | November 17, 2014 If you separate from . . . everything you have done in the past, everything that disturbs you about the future . . . and apply yourself to living the life that you are living—that is to say, the present—you can live all the time that remains to you […]

What Was Mindfulness? | November 15, 2014 When the studies on mindfulness started rolling in a few years ago, it was good news for those of us who had been practicing Buddhist meditation for years. . . . But in the midst of all this there was a question few of us ever thought to […]

The Two Extremes | November 12, 2014 These are the two extremes, O bhikshus (Religious Wanderers) which the man who has given up the world ought not to follow—the habitual practice, on the one hand, of self-indulgence which is unworthy, vain and fit only for the worldly-minded—and the habitual practice, on the other hand, of […]

Premature Equanimity | November 11, 2014 Western Buddhists are very suspicious of attachment. They feel they need to be detached . . . so donÂ’t get upset about racism, or injustice, or the poison in the rivers, because that means youÂ’re too attached. I think one of the problems with Westernized Buddhists is premature equanimity. […]

Spiritual Friendship | November 16, 2014 It is important to have strong spiritual friendships—not spiritual in the rarefied sense, but in a really down-to-earth way, to have good friends in the dharma with whom you can talk things over, share experiences, share difficulties and whose spiritual support you’re assured of. – Sangharakshita, “Going for Refuge”

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