Before we can live a life centered in the present, we have to let go of the past. Easier said than done, right? I can only tell you how I ...

I hate everything today. I'm in the past I'm in the future I'm feeling like shit.

These clouds on this windy day, remind me how beautiful (and sometimes fleeting) a moment can be. - R.M. Anyone who reads my blog kn...

Mindfulness can be seen as the practice of “being in the moment” – but what does this actually mean? Does it mean that if we’re mindful we...

Is That So?   The Zen Master Hakuin was praised by his neighbors as one living a pure life.  A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents own...

The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding. Right understanding has two parts. To start with, it asks ...

The Dharma Wheel The Eightfold Path is common to most Buddhist traditions, and secular Buddhists consider the Eightfold Path to be the h...

I'm in the process of re-learning Buddhism, starting from the beginning. The material i'm reading right now is "The Art of Liv...

Evil  is a word many people use without thinking deeply about what it means. I want to compare common ideas about evil with Buddhist teach...

There was a small country in what is now southern Nepal that was ruled by a clan called the Shakyas.  The head of this clan, and the king o...

The Method of Developing Metta  from   The State of Mind Called Beautiful   by Sayadah U. Pandita The method for developing metta ...