Although there are occasions when it is more pronounced and awful and occasions when it is actually horrific, trauma does not just happen to a few unlucky people. It is the bedrock of our biology.
Awakening does not mean a change in difficulty, it means a change in how those difficulties are met.
The Buddha, in recovering his capacity for nonsensual joy, learned that this joy was limitless. He found that if he got himself out of the way, his joy completely suffused his mindful awareness. This...
Buddhism teaches us that we are not so much isolated individuals as we are overlapping environments, and that we have the capacity to know ourselves in this way.
The spiritual path means making a path rather than following one.
The Buddha’s fifth dream evokes both the extraordinary and the ordinary nature of his achievement. He walks on a mountain of dirt and is not fouled by it. Note that the dirt is not transformed into go...
The ability to see things the way they are, not to expect constant gratification but to understand that all things are limited, is what allows for personal growth.
The only way to find out where I was was to get out of the way and let myself happen.
After the ecstasy, it is said, comes the laundry.
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