One day the Buddha stood before 1250 monks, help up a flower, and stood in silence. There was a long pause, until one of his students,...

As he was dying, the Buddha imparted this advice: Take refuge in the island of self. There is no other refuge. For those of us growing...

While a lot of the time we complain about having too much to do, sometimes we may find ourselves at the other end of the spectrum—feeling...

One of the hindrances to meditation the Buddha enumerated is restlessness. Restlessness is a problem all meditators are familiar with. ...

Sometimes life can feel like an endless round of things we have to do. We wake up in the morning reviewing the things we have to do that...

If we look closely, we will see that we live most of our lives on autopilot. We may be taking dishes out of the dishwasher, doing...

Perhaps because of the Covid virus, it seems that I am having more conversations than ever with people about death. Unfortunately, there...

It’s a windy day here in New Mexico. More harbingers of the winter that is coming, which by all accounts looks like it is going to be a...

When you meditate, when you practice mindfulness in daily life, don’t aim at becoming a Buddha: Just meditate to enjoy the peace of...

Can Anger Be a Motivator for Change? In these days of great social unrest, some have proposed that anger is a good motivation for change....