I've been practicing and teaching self-compassion for a long time now. My book on that topic, "This Difficult Thing of…
Someone asked me the other day whether there was a contradiction between the Buddha saying that "life is suffering" and…
Recently I've been reading The Buddha Before Buddhism, by Gil Fronsdal, which is a translation of what is believed to…
I’m old enough to remember a time when people usually answered “good” when you asked them the standard, “How are…
Montaigne's words (it's "Chacun court ailleurs et à l'advenir, d'autant que nul n'est arrivé à soy" in the original French) are…
You know the standard advice: when you notice during meditation that the mind has been caught up in thinking rather…
Meditation means settling the mind, but if you try it you’ll quickly find that this is easier said than done.…
Over and over again, you'll hear Buddhist teachers talking about the need to "be in the present moment," but interestingly…
I've been having a well-earned rest from blogging after completing our 100 Days of Lovingkindness, during which time I managed…
I've been explaining how the practice of upekkha bhavana isn't really about equanimity, and how upekkha itself isn't really equanimity,…