First, the calamity We're on a very bad path in the US at the moment. Many of you live in…
"It's not happiness that brings us gratitude. It's gratitude that beings us happiness." Why Practice Gratitude? Gratitude is good for…
Deserted streets. Shuttered restaurants. Empty shelves in the supermarkets. Dizzying unemployment graphs in the papers. Announcements over the supermarket, warning…
What I’m Thinking I have so much gratitude for this life I’m able to live here in the West. So…
What I'm up to Last month I was appointed as the new President of the international organization Buddhist Recovery Network…
Bryan Eaton, Newburyport News: About three decades ago I spent a year as a Buddhist monk in Thailand. It was…
Let's practice gratitude this month. Every morning when you wake up, and or when you go to bed at night,…
Ethan Nichtern: Let’s face it, sometimes the holidays just…suck. Maybe that’s not the most Buddhist way of saying it, but…
Eric Barker, Barking Up The Wrong Tree: You get all kinds of happiness advice on the internet from people who…
David Brooks, NY Times: I’m sometimes grumpier when I stay at a nice hotel. I have certain expectations about the…