Monthly Archives: December 2016

Assigning blame is emotionally charged. Whether we assign blame to others or ourselves, the negative emotion that accompanies blame is unskillful. Blame entails not only assigning responsibility for an unwelcome consequence, but also imputing malice or evil intent to the … Continue reading →

Liberation is not a place, another realm, or a destination. It is an uprooting of the emotional afflictions in my mind, so that they never arise in the future and are purified within the expanse of suchness. “Once the seeds … Continue reading →

Every notion of self and phenomena, subject and object, grasper and grasped, is merely a transformation of consciousness. —Arya Vasubandhu

Feliz Navidad   Bon Nadal   Bo Nadal   Eguberri on   Eid Milad Majid   Joyeux Noël   Frohe Weihnachten   Feliz Natal   Vrolijk Kerstfeest Счастливого рождества   Sheng Dan Kuai Le   Hyvää Joulua   Mele Kalikimaka   God Jul   Schöni Wiehnachte   Śubh krisamas   Chag Molad Sameach   Веселого Різдва   … Continue reading →

Learn to undo the perception —so heavily promoted by the media— that shopping is a form of therapy and that a purchase is nothing but a victory or a gain. —Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Mindfulness, though so highly praised and capable of such great achievements, is not at all a “mystical” state, beyond the ken and reach of the average person. It is, on the contrary, something quite simple and common, and very familiar … Continue reading →

There are two extremes that are not to be indulged in by one who has gone forth. Which two? That which is devoted to sensual pleasure with reference to sensual objects: base, vulgar, common, ignoble, unprofitable; and that which is devoted … Continue reading →

Unless we practice loving feelings toward everyone we meet —day in, day out— we’re missing out on the most joyous part of life. If we can actually open our hearts, there’s no difficulty in being happy. —Ayya Khema

To obtain real peace and happiness in this world, one has simply to follow the path of ahimsa —nonviolence. If we do not like to experience any kind of pain or suffering, how can we expect another creature, whether big … Continue reading →

See them, floundering in their sense of “mine”, like fish in the puddles of a dried-up stream. And, seeing this, live with no “mine”, not forming attachment to experiences. —Buddha Shakyamuni