Monthly Archives: April 2016

There is no fire like greed. There is no crime like hatred. There is no sorrow like bondage to this world. There is no happiness like freedom.   Health is the greatest blessing. Contentment is the best of riches. Trust … Continue reading →

The mind is spinning around about carrying out a lot of useless projects. It’s a waste. Give it up! Thinking about the hundred plans you want to accomplish, with never enough time to finish them, just weighs down your mind. … Continue reading →

The usual has a way of becoming reified as well as invisible. Like fish in water, when we are home we do not see our surroundings for what they are, and we come to believe that this is what reality … Continue reading →

I have taught the Way without making distinctions between open and secret teachings. In truth, there must be no such thing as the closed fist of the teacher, withholding some essential knowledge from the student. Secrecy is characteristic of false … Continue reading →

It is in this way that we must train: by liberation through love. We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis, take our stand upon it, store it up, and … Continue reading →

Cultivate the thought of loving-kindness, for by cultivating loving-kindness, ill will is banished forever. Cultivate, too, the thought of compassion, for by cultivating compassion, you will find harm and cruelty disappear. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Majjhima Nikaya

To be free, in the worldly and the spiritual sense, it is essential to accept full responsibility for our thoughts, words, and deeds; recognize that it is impossible to avoid the consequences of our previous acts; and establish the necessary … Continue reading →

What is in the past is already destroyed. What is in the future has not yet arrived. What is in the present does not abide. Although we contemplate in this manner the production, destruction, scattering, and demolition of mental phenomena and phenomena arising … Continue reading →

When our Buddha Nature manifests, spontaneously we seek to heal the sick, nourish the young, protect the weak, love the beautiful, serve the good, honor the wise, and align our thoughts, words, and deeds with Right View.

Success in any endeavor is measured not by the results obtained, but by the quality and intensity of the intention with which the action is performed; the beneficial effect on others of the person, thing, or situation that is the … Continue reading →