One of my students just let me know that there is a group of Buddhist monks walking from Texas to…
Because of the alarming political situation in the US, which has parallels with events in other countries, I've been writing…
Just as virtually any book about the Buddha and his teachings tells us that he was a prince (the first…
At the moment I'm teaching an online course called Calm In the Storm, which is about finding peace in the…
For the past month I've been recording a series of daily guided meditations, taking as my basis the teachings in…
Recently I've been reading The Buddha Before Buddhism, by Gil Fronsdal, which is a translation of what is believed to…
Gabriela Maya Bernadett, Tiny Buddha: “I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.” ~Henry David Thoreau Meditation…
Free Press Journal: Shamatha, or mindfulness, is how we make this mind more stable, more useful. The word “shamatha” in…
David Stroud, Las Vegas Review-Journal: Tina Encheva is sitting in a chair in front of five women, all of them…
Everyone messes up. Me, you, the neighbors, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, King David, the Buddha, everybody. It’s important to acknowledge…