I’d like to quit thinking of the present as some minor insignificant preamble to something else. – Richard Linklater, Daily Peace Quote Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, […]

We Receive This Food in Gratitude We receive this food in gratitudeFrom all beings who helped to bring it to our table,And vow to respond in turn to those in needWith wisdom and compassion. – Zen Mountains and Rivers Order, “A Vegetarian Thanksgiving” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can […]

Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now. – Jack Kerouac Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, –Jerome Set Featured Image

A Step on the Path The entire process of sitting down to eat, reflecting on food and its preparation, and then the eating of it should be a method””one among many””to take us further on the path to enlightenment. – Venerable Yifa, “Thought for Food” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what […]

Correcting Your Errors The primary duty of a trustworthy friend is to point out your faults””for only when you see your faults can you correct them; only when you correct them are you benefiting from your friend’s compassion in pointing them out. – Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “The Power of Judgment” Read More Words of Wisdom Click […]

Strength from Love People are afraid that if they let go of their anger and righteousness and wrath, and look at their own feelings—and even see the good in a bad person—they’re going to lose the energy they need to do something about the problem. But actually you get more strength and energy by operating […]

When we’re caught in a storm of emotions, we can practice to be like the trunk of the tree. We don’t stay up in the high branches. We go down to the trunk and become still, not carried away by our thinking and emotions. – Thich Nhat Hanh Read More Words of Wisdom Click here […]

You can tell more about a person by what they say about others than what others say about him. – Audrey Hepburn Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, […]

Life is Precious Life is precious, for it is only life—particularly the condition of human life—in which one can attain enlightenment. – Allan Hunt Badiner, “Is the Buddha Winking at Extinction?” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Mindfulness Mentoring May you be free from […]

There are times when life sharpens, things come into focus and, gradually, you become aware that you are standing before a threshold. There is no way back to where you were before, and there is no way out but through. – John O’Donohue, in Angeles Arrien, The Second Half of Life Read More Words of […]