Editor’s Note: This contribution is from my dharma sister, Roberta Wall on radical forgiveness – forgiveness from the field beyond right and wrong. Enjoy! In the week before Rosh Hashanah, I received an email from a friend saying that I had “wronged her” and that she “forgives” me. I don’t know about you, but when […]
Dan Gilbert, The Guru of Happiness
September 12, 2014 by
Dan Gilbert is the guru of happiness. Some people say that he is the world’s foremost expert on happiness. Then why is he talking about the psychology of your future self in this Ted Talk video? He come right out and asks, “Why do we make decisions that our future selves often regret?” He tells […]
The Basic Irrelevance of the Human Condition
September 10, 2014 by
Modern cosmologists have investigated our place in the universe and has found that our lives on earth are basically irrelevant. Thomas Merton recognized this long before it became a scientific fact. He wrote this in The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton, which was published in 1975. This was almost fifteen years before cosmologists even proved […]
The Evolution of Medicine Summit
September 8, 2014 by
The Evolution of Medicine Summit is taking place starting TODAY until September 15 ONLINE and it is FREE. One of the main things you will learn from the more than 30 presenters is a unique vision for a more empowered, proactive and patient-value focused healthcare system. Some of the presenters include: Deepak Chopra, MD, Best […]
6 Steps to Forgiveness
September 7, 2014 by
For many months now, we have been learning that loving kindness and compassion go well together. In this lesson, we are going to learn how forgiveness and gratitude work together. Often, people have difficulty showering loving kindness blessings on themselves, and the reason for this is that they have not forgiven themselves of certain events, […]
The First Precept
September 4, 2014 by
Bernie Glassman is back again with more words of wisdom from Tricycle Daily Dharma. This time, he is talking about the first precept taught by the Buddha. The traditional rendering of this precept is, “Non-killing,” or “To abstain from killing any living creature.” This is sometimes taken to extreme by certain monks and nuns in […]
How Will Medical Evolutions Affect You
September 3, 2014 by
I am happy to inform you about a wonderful medical summit that will answer the question, “How will medical evolutions affect you?” This is important information for everyone. It is The Evolution of Medicine Summit. You know as well as I do that the medical system in the United States is in deep trouble. Doctors […]
Bodhi Mind
September 1, 2014 by
This Buddhist prayer comes from “The Gate of Sweet Nectar,” translated by Bernie Glassman Roshi. He joined with Krishna Das to talk and sing about how the prayer relates to the Hindu chant, Hanuman Chalisa. The bodhi mind is the mind that can awaken. As I wrote previously, “The Buddha taught that everyone has “bodichitta” […]
5 Questions to Ask At the Dinner Table
August 31, 2014 by
These words of wisdom come from Dr. Anil Gupta through Mindvalley. I am happy to share this with you and your children. Dr. Gupta suggests 5 questions to ask at the dinner table. Your relationships, above all else, determine how happy you feel on a day-to-day basis. The quickest and most effective way of improving […]
Pulled By Our Own Attachments
August 29, 2014 by
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is a popular Sri Lankan Buddhist monks in the Theravadan tradition. He offers these words of wisdom today to show how we are pulled by our own attachments. These words of wisdom appeared in the Tricycle Daily Dharma last month. Our attachments these days are many and mostly quite useless in the […]
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