Mindfulness is the aspect of the Eightfold Path that has received the most attention in the West. It is the distinctive attentional strategy of Buddhism and has found acc...read full story
The Buddha, who had lived a sheltered life of luxury as the young prince Siddhartha, was called to his initiation at the age of 29 when he first left the palace and trave...read full story
The following is an excerpt from Matteo Pistono's novel, Fearless in Tibet.SHIWA VILLAGE, NYARONG, EASTERN TIBET Year of the Fire Dragon to the Iron Horse, 1856–1870
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Cleansing is not just about the physical self—it’s about your emotional self as well. I’ve noticed both personally and with my clients that during sprin...read full story
Some of us don’t have a lot of tools to deal with troubled emotional states, yet all of us have the capacity to “sweeten” our minds. Metta, or loving-ki...read full story
The Buddhists describe loving participation in the world as compassion, a word that is often misunderstood by the Western mind. We tend to think of compassion as a nice s...read full story
Meet Tenzing Norbu (“Ten” for short), an ex-Buddhist monk who dreamed of becoming a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. So when he was sent to Los Angeles to teach me...read full story
How can we, as individuals, make positive changes in our lives, how we can transform, or expand our consciousness, going beyond the limitations of prejudice and fear, bey...read full story
Meditation is a practice that makes it possible to cultivate and develop certain basic positive human qualities in the same way as other forms of training make it possibl...read full story
Both positive and negative experiences arise from the mind, depending on whether your mind is transformed or not. Therefore, it is most important to control and disciplin...read full story
