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Mine; Not yours. “To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by...

Moving mountains. The Buddha said we all suffer because we attach ourselves to ephemeral things: here today, gone tomorrow. Attachment to in...

“Dogma” is the thorn in our collective side. It is always heated, exuberant, and close-minded. The message of dogma is one of self-righteou...

Wheel of The Dharma Yesterday we looked at the causal links that produce bad karma . Today we’ll look at the other side—the wheel of Dh...

In a mirror, e verything is reversed and all that can be seen is a reflection of something.   What is right out here is left in there. R...

Have you ever wondered what it must be like for a person living with Alzheimer’s? Such a person is lost in a never-ending dream with...

Perhaps today you will meet someone for the first time and introductions will occur. You’ll inquire about them and they about you. “Tell m...

Image via Wikipedia In his commentary on the Sutra of Complete Enlightenment , Ch’an Master Sheng-yen said what might seem like a startlin...

The notion that anything can exist, separate, and apart from any contextual framework is, of course, absurd. “Up” makes no sense apart from ...

In probing the layers of human physiology and psychology, Paul Broks , neuropsychologist/philosopher, leads us through a haunting journe...

When we set off on a journey we want to know from where we’re starting, where we are going, and how to get to our destination. This line ...