I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the ultimate source of success […]

If someone tells you you’re too much for them, it’s perfectly fine to think they’re not enough for you. – Mary Karr, Daily Peace Quote Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Sound Sleep Guided Meditation May you be free from suffering and the causes […]

The Right to Ask Questions Practice makes extraordinary demands of us. It requires that we take nothing for granted, that we accept nothing on faith alone. If we practice with diligence and honesty, then we must question everything about ourselves; we must challenge our most basic beliefs and convictions, even those we may have about […]

Pain Pain is part of life. But it is not all of life. Pain touches everyone—physical pain, loneliness, grief, anger, fear, exhaustion, injustice.It is in the world. It moves through us. It does not make us less. Pain can close the heart. It can also open it.If we face it honestly, without hiding, without running, […]

Taking the First Step Even very basic beginning practice, like mindfulness of the breath or sound, begins to relieve suffering, reduce our stress levels, and motivate us to practice more. – Interview with Mirabai Bush by Alex Caring-Lobel and Emma Varvaloucas, “Working with Mindfulness” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you […]

…I cannot fly or make something appear in my hand,I cannot make the heavens open or the earth tremble,I can live with myself, and I am amazed at myself, my love,my beauty,I am taken by my failures, astounded by my fears,I am stubborn and childish,in the midst of this wreckage of life they incurred,I practice […]

“Mind and heart are the forerunner of all things. If you speak and act with a pure heart and pure mind, happiness follows you as closely as your own shadow.” – Dhammapada Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Healing Cancer with Your Mind May […]

Understand Your Mind Just understand your mind; how it works, how attachment and desire arise, how ignorance arises, and where emotions come from. It is sufficient to know the nature of all that; that alone can bring you happiness and peace. Thus, your life can change completely; everything turns upside down. What you once interpreted […]

Reflecting Upon Social Action One reflects thus: “I shall initiate and sustain verbal acts of kindness toward my companions, both publicly and privately.” One lives with companions in concord, with mutual appreciation, without disputing, blending like milk and water, viewing each other with kindly eyes. One practices thus: “We are different in body but one […]

Emptiness of Self in the Suttas Monk to Ananda: “It is by clinging, Ananda, that the notion ‘I am’ occurs, not without clinging. And by clinging to what? To form, feeling, perception, formations, consciousness.”Ananda: “When I heard this teaching I made the breakthrough to the Dhamma.” – Buddha, Samyutta Nik?ya 22:83 Read More Words of […]