Meditation Practices

The Meaning of Emptiness Emptiness does not mean that things don’t exist, nor does “no self” mean that we don’t exist. Emptiness refers to the underlying nonseparation of life and the fertile ground of energy that gives rise to all forms of life. – Jack Kornfield, “Identity and Selflessness in Buddhism: No Self or True Self?” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for…

“There’s a way in which fear can be one of two things””the great divider or the great gatherer.” – Sonia Renee Taylor Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, –Jerome

It’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. – Bertrand Russell, Daily Peace Quote Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, –Jerome

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. – Thich Nhat Hanh, Daily Peace Quote Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, –Jerome

The Potency of the Present Once we abandon the belief that there is a more spiritually useful moment than the one we are in, we have embraced our life and infused it with the energy for awakening. – Rodney Smith, “Undivided Mind” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! May you be free from suffering and…

Rising to the Challenge We’re all prisoners of life and death. The question is: What kind of prisoners do we want to be? – Bonnie Myotai Treace, “Rising to the Challenge: Filling the Well with Snow” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my…

“All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.“ – Benjamin Franklin Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! May you be free from…

A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated “” this is the greatest blessing. – Buddha, Mangala Sutta Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, –Jerome

On Sunday, July 20, I visited the wake of the wonderful teacher, Joanna Macy in her home in Berkeley, CA. She was a good friend of Thay and she will be terribly missed. The wake was quite. I first entered the living room where people were sitting and singing beautiful spiritual songs like we might hear in Plum Village. I sat and listened for about 20-30 minutes and then went into her bedroom…

Dear Friends: “When we act out of concern for others, our behaviour toward them is automatically positive. This is because there’s no room for suspicion when our hearts are filled with love. It is as if an inner door is opened, allowing us to reach out. Having concern for others breaks down the very barrier which inhibits healthy interaction with others.” – Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the XIV…

Dear Friends: “Just as there is only one taste in the ocean-the taste of salt-so in Buddhism there is only one taste. The taste of Freedom.” – Buddha Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! <!

Dear Friends: Start with Truth We think we know our own life, but what we know is only an edited version, colored by our emotions and narrow vision. How close can we come to the original draft? By staring at truth, the soil is warmed, and we begin digging toward the sky. – Gregg Krech, Naikan Therapy Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided…

Dear Friends: Start with Truth We think we know our own life, but what we know is only an edited version, colored by our emotions and narrow vision. How close can we come to the original draft? By staring at truth, the soil is warmed, and we begin digging toward the sky. – Gregg Krech, Naikan Therapy Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided…

Dear Friends: Letting Go Completely If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. And if you let go completely, you will have complete peace. – Ajahn Chah, “Lovingkindness for Control Freaks” Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy! <!

Dear Friends: “Too busy, too much to do” will never get it all done. Urgency-rushing-anxiety IS A STORY IN CONDITIONED MIND! As soon as we get HERE, we see none of it is true. Life is the ultimate time management expert. There’s always time to do what needs to be done in any moment. – Cheri Huber, Daily Peace Quotes Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and…

Dear Friends: You could be a social activist and a contemplative at the same time; you could speak truth to power and not be overwhelmed by anger; you could see the suffering of delusion of those who were causing egregious harm, and it was not a matter of not holding “others” to account but of seeing equally the truth of suffering of all kinds and acting from this instead of acting out of…

Dear Friends: Dharma practice gives us great tools for inner and interpersonal change. It’s empowering to explore how these can also be useful for social and environmental transformation. We will tour such qualities, including equanimity (upekkha), non-self (anatta), and sukha (yes, pleasure!). – Milla Gregor, Sangha Live Read More Words of Wisdom Click here to offer what you can for eBooks…