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It's up to us. In the Western world, the term “sentient being” is not your every-day word.  We think in terms of human beings or other ...

Watching two accomplished ballroom dancers is a delight. They move in graceful, fluid motions almost as a single entity. One leads; the othe...

Meet Nagarjuna Our world is drowning in a sea of rights vs. wrongs, governments trapped in ideological deadlocks, conflicts and wars, b...

The driving force that has compelled all cultures, at all times, is the desire for freedom. How are we to understand this desire that def...

Choosing the middle doorway. “The Middle Way” is a hallmark of Buddhist thought yet the term is often short-changed or converted into a so...

The bloom of essence. There ’ s an inherent danger in wrongly understanding the two facets of our virtual and non-virtual sides. The n...

Good and Evil. To say what’s real, by necessity must consider the opposite—What’s not real. Nothing can be understood in isolation. It is on...

The two books of life. The idea of balancing sweetness with sorrow is particularly relevant in today’s world. In case you don’t know, A...

“Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” —Mark Twain In prior times deception was the exception (or so it seemed). Now it appears to have b...

I am a subscriber to an email newsletter from Windmill , the header of which says: “You do not need to be ashamed of being imperfect. We w...

You are not made good by your beliefs. You are good already. When you realize your inherent goodness there is no longer a need to believe....

Often, I’ve found myself faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges and felt as if I needed to swallow the entire ocean in a singl...