I started this 100 Days of Lovingkindness just after our new year drive to get people meditating regularly -- our…
Upekkha involves closely (upa) watching (īkś) ourselves in order to develop insight, and the calm that follows from insight, and…
I've always suspected that the Buddha had a hard time expressing himself, not because of any lack of ability of…
One of the things I love is that when you spend some time hanging out with a practice, you often…
The traditional term "near enemy" points to some spiritually unhelpful quality or experience that can be mistaken for a helpful…
Buddhaghosa decribes the "far enemies" of equanimous love like this: "Greed and resentment ... are its far enemies ... for…
It's easy to forget that upekkha, or equanimity, is love. The word "equanimity" doesn't sound very loving. It's coldly Latinate,…