Someone wrote to me recently and asked two questions, which boiled down to: Did the Buddha teach self-love? Is loving…
I'm curious what you think about this conversation, on the topic of non-self. It's a podcast-style explanation of an article…
In some versions of the lovingkindness (metta bhavana) meditation practice we start by calling to mind a benefactor — someone…
The concept of "free will" doesn't sit very easily with Buddhism. As far as I'm aware, it's considered an important…
Isaac of Nineveh, who is also known as Abba Isaac and as Saint Isaac the Syrian, was an important figure…
Free will is "the unimpeded capacity to choose between different possible courses of action." We tend to believe that everyone has…
For the past month I've been recording a series of daily guided meditations, taking as my basis the teachings in…
I'm going to say something about the arising of insight that I've never heard any teacher say before, yet which…
In general, we human beings have trouble doing things that are good for our long-term wellbeing, but which may be…
A quick thought experiment for you. You can take a pill to extend your own life by six months. Alternatively…