Celebrate the Small
I’ve recently noticed how easily I fall into negative thinking, holding on to negative thoughts and letting go of positive ones. We all have this
I’ve recently noticed how easily I fall into negative thinking, holding on to negative thoughts and letting go of positive ones. We all have this
The first teaching I received on the Buddhist view was the First Noble Truth—the Truth of Suffering. During my first years of studying Buddhism, I
“You feeling better?” She wasn’t, but I most certainly could have said something better. Through her tears and sniffles the otherwise confident and self-assured ma’am
The term “old people” is a stigma in contemporary Western society. Unless you are wealthy, famous or politically influential, it is a horrible title to
It is common knowledge that the Buddha taught that all conditioned things cause us to suffer. The fact that suffering is latent in our experience
The Buddha says he teaches only two things, namely, suffering and cessation of suffering. The Buddha saw that beings are experiencing various types of suffering
In classical Greek philosophy, the word eudemonia is translated as “flourishing,” a very special state of being that entails finding meaning, purpose, and satisfaction in one’s life
Each day our senses are bombarded with various experiences. As soon as we wake up a flood of information enters into our eyes and ears.
The heart of the Buddha’s teaching lies in the Four Noble Truths which he expounded in his very first sermon, “Setting in Motion the Wheel