Who are you?
Take a long hard look in the mirror. Who are you, what do you see? Now ask yourself, what are you actually seeing when you look in the mirror. Skin, bones, eyes, nose, lips and ears, are any of these…...
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With Tina Turner singing in my head, “What’s love got to do with it”, I decided to attempt to dissect love and what it truly is in a factual sense. Initially, I know that most people would say that...
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Metta is the protective and immensely patient attitude of a mother who forbears all difficulties for the sake of her child and ever protects it despite its misbehavior. Metta is also the attitude of a...
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Like a dog, chasing its tail, I think that most of us cling dearly to the idea of self. And while many of us may be familiar with the Buddha’s teaching about anatta (no-self), I’m not sure how many of...
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dhamma [Skt. dharma]: (1) Event; a phenomenon in and of itself; (2) mental quality; (3) doctrine, teaching; (4) nibbāna. Also, principles of behavior that human beings ought to follow so as to fit in...
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At a recent service at Blue Lotus Temple, the dhamma discussion was led my one of the sangha members. It was very inspirational, honest, candid and filled with personal insights and observations that I...
View ArticleThe Lotus
Yesterdays dhamma talk at the Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple referred to the Lotus flower and how it relates to our practice. And while I have read, heard and studied this analogy before, this talk made me...
View ArticleInterview with a Bhikkhuni
A bhikkhuni (Pāli) or bhikṣuṇī (Sanskrit) is a fully ordained female Buddhist monastic. I was recently granted the privilege of some time with dear Bhikkhuni Vimala, of the Blue Lotus Temple, for a...
View ArticleAre you mad at God?
Did God let you down, turn his back on you, disappoint you when you needed him most? When you prayed so hard and listened so closely for a response, but heard only silence. And while I am well aware...
View ArticleBuddhism by the numbers
The four divine abodes (brahma-viharas in Pali) are the Buddha’s foundational teachings – the ones that connect most directly with our intention of liberation. Referred to as divine because they...
View ArticleWho are you?
Take a long hard look in the mirror. Who are you, what do you see? Now ask yourself, what are you actually seeing when you look in the mirror. Skin, bones, eyes, nose, lips and ears, are any of these…...
View ArticleThe deconstruction of love
With Tina Turner singing in my head, “What’s love got to do with it”, I decided to attempt to dissect love and what it truly is in a factual sense. Initially, I know that most people would say that...
View ArticleA Mothers love
Metta is the protective and immensely patient attitude of a mother who forbears all difficulties for the sake of her child and ever protects it despite its misbehavior. Metta is also the attitude of a...
View ArticleChasing the self
Like a dog, chasing its tail, I think that most of us cling dearly to the idea of self. And while many of us may be familiar with the Buddha’s teaching about anatta (no-self), I’m not sure how many of...
View ArticlePali lesson
dhamma [Skt. dharma]: (1) Event; a phenomenon in and of itself; (2) mental quality; (3) doctrine, teaching; (4) nibbāna. Also, principles of behavior that human beings ought to follow so as to fit in...
View ArticleMy most difficult person
At a recent service at Blue Lotus Temple, the dhamma discussion was led my one of the sangha members. It was very inspirational, honest, candid and filled with personal insights and observations that I...
View ArticleThe Lotus
Yesterdays dhamma talk at the Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple referred to the Lotus flower and how it relates to our practice. And while I have read, heard and studied this analogy before, this talk made me...
View ArticleInterview with a Bhikkhuni
A bhikkhuni (Pāli) or bhikṣuṇī (Sanskrit) is a fully ordained female Buddhist monastic. I was recently granted the privilege of some time with dear Bhikkhuni Vimala, of the Blue Lotus Temple, for a...
View ArticleAre you mad at God?
Did God let you down, turn his back on you, disappoint you when you needed him most? When you prayed so hard and listened so closely for a response, but heard only silence. And while I am well aware...
View ArticleBuddhism by the numbers
The four divine abodes (brahma-viharas in Pali) are the Buddha’s foundational teachings – the ones that connect most directly with our intention of liberation. Referred to as divine because they...
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