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....

Maintaining Positive Mental States We have been discussing the practice of virya, or diligence, meaning discouraging negative states from...

Dealing With Arisen Negative Emotional States In my last blog, I discussed the first aspect of virya—discouraging negative emotional...

As we all contend with the stress of the coronavirus, one teaching of the Buddha comes to mind as very helpful. This is the teaching on...

In this strange and horrible time, it is easy for our consciousness to get lost in all the painful news reports. It goes without saying...

Drop by Drop Mindfulness and meditation can make a profound difference in your life and in consciousness. If you approach it correctly,...

The Means are the Ends The practice of mindfulness means that we learn to treat every means activity as an ends activity. When we brush...