
The Impossibility of Outsourcing Happiness
Outsourcing is not a modern invention. Throughout human history, we have been outsourcing our problems and pains through the extensive use of tools, natural resources,

Outsourcing is not a modern invention. Throughout human history, we have been outsourcing our problems and pains through the extensive use of tools, natural resources,

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As children we grew up hearing variations of “if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all.” Sadly, not many of us paid

Abandoning the self and taking refuge in the Buddha The explication of the Sincere Mind and the two kinds of determinant deep faith (as mentioned

There is a Zen phrase that says, “Not knowing is the most intimate.” I first heard it quoted in a yoga class many years ago.

I often think about what I most wish for my children in this life. As a mother who tries to follow the Buddha’s teachings, I

“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,the world offers itself to your imagination,calls to you like Wild Geese, harsh and exciting —over and over announcing