You can focus like Siddhartha under the ficus
Twenty-six hundred years ago, under a tree, a seeker named Siddhartha Gautama sat in meditation, determined not to stop meditating
Tag: meditation
Dharma, dharma everywhere — even in my just published short story!
Yay! My short story The Homecoming is in the Fall 2018 issue of the Birdland Journal, an online publication that celebrates
Imagine
Imagine those twelve Thai boys meditating in a cave not knowing when or if they would be rescued. Now imagine
In the vortex of the Eight Worldly Winds
Whatever is going on in your life right now, if you really pay attention, you will see that it is
Meditation: Chore or Pleasure?
Developing a meditation practice may feel like another chore to do, like taking out the garbage or cleaning the kitchen.
This too shall pass.
Despair is in the air this season, coming to the end of a year full of disasters, nuclear brinkmanship and
We Don’t Leave a Sister Hanging
Recent revelations about the extent of sexual harassment in the workplace have been met by a powerful social media response
Equanimity :: Holding life in an open embrace
In the last few posts of my dharma talks we have been looking at the Brahma-viharas, spacious mind-states where we
Envy can be a useful clarifying tool
Envy makes us feel like we’re on the outside looking in, that we don’t belong, that there’s something wrong with
How does happiness happen?
My granddaughters are seven and five years old. Their definition of happiness is getting what they want when they want
