insight

Stroke, meditation and insight

Martin LeFevre, Costa Rican Times: “Thoughts That Can’t Be Spoken” is a fascinating piece about a writer’s experience of a…

March 12, 2014

Cultivate only the path to peace

The Buddha was a man on a mission, and very single-minded. He said over and over again that his only…

July 19, 2013

Acting with equanimity (Day 86)

I've always suspected that the Buddha had a hard time expressing himself, not because of any lack of ability of…

July 7, 2013

Upekkha as an insight practice (Day 85)

One of the things I love is that when you spend some time hanging out with a practice, you often…

July 6, 2013

Lovingkindness as a path to awakening (Day 25)

The Buddha is recorded as having said: For one who mindfully develops Boundless loving-kindness Seeing the destruction of clinging, The…

May 6, 2013

Transcendental Science Fiction and the magic of contrast

‘..that quest for new and relevant cultural expressions of the Dharma is of the foremost importance if Buddhism is to…

January 9, 2013

The first reminder: My precious birth

I hope it is not too late to realize that joyful is my precious birth. If we are deep in…

August 6, 2012

Awakening to our true nature

Spiritual practice is about coming back, over and over again, to love and mindfulness, making those our home. I subscribe…

May 29, 2012

How “letting go” helps us get things done

Joe, a student in my online class, was worried that meditation would hurt his career. He works in a very…

January 30, 2012

Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh

Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh is a prolific writer, with over seventy books to his name. 'Your True Home' is…

December 30, 2011