Infusing Western Life with Tibetan Buddhist Compassion
Years ago, we at the Chenrezig Project created and distributed bumper stickers that read “Don’t Believe Everything You Think” .. This idea was directed at a myriad of everyday situations, but perhaps found its most profound truth in revealing the nature of our judgments of others. *** We are always working with faulty information . … Read more
To want nothing but Bodhicitta. What would that be like? *** Restless late on a cold, rainy, windy night, how would it be to want only Bodhicitta? .. Off to the store to buy some groceries, to fill the car with gasoline, or to move projects ahead . . . how would it be to … Read more
(Dharma) Bread Crumb #11 Pain and horror shock and disrupt, and driven by loud emotion we want immediately to deal with and fix the situation. This is true of us all, including Dharma students and practitioners. But when pushed too far, we may turn and act without thought. And without fore-thought, we won’t know where … Read more