Infusing Western Life with Tibetan Buddhist Compassion
No matter who is the American president, crocuses and pansies, daffodils and tulips, primrose and petunias will bloom as springtime brings warming sunlight. Babies will be born, loved ones will die; for some people there will be joyous moments, for others inconsolable sadness. Acts of generosity and kindness will continue to heal hearts that are … Read more
At this moment, as you read this, you are alive. It could be daytime or night where you are . . . you might be excited or bored, tired or vibrant, hungry, warm or cold, joyous or sad, focused or distracted, anticipating or dreading what lies in your immediate future. The possibilities are infinite. You … Read more
Seven days to go before Inauguration Day; for some a most-dreaded event. There’s been so much hand-wringing, online rants, conversation . . . heartfelt expressions of disappointment, anger, fear, disgust, disbelief, confusion, arrogance, superiority, hopelessness, disempowerment, apathy. Change is occurring. It is time to evolve. Everything is always changing: people, places, times, ideas. Those that … Read more
New Years’ Day plus five. Well-intentioned resolutions beginning to fade? The fact is, we can’t change ingrained habits with just a few days of will-power. Ignorance is stubborn: solid, thick-skinned and often explosively powerful . . . well-equipped to knock us off-balance . . . time after time. *** But here’s the thing: When we … Read more
Our Ignorance cannot be seen, touched, tasted, smelled, heard, or even thought. But it can be felt. It can be felt as insecurity, fear, hatred, jealousy, grandiosity, greed, cynical self-doubt, arrogance and narrow-mindedness. Unhappiness, too. Having become accustomed to its presence, we don’t find it to be acutely painful. But make no mistake, our Ignorance … Read more