Category: Culture

Buddha’s Little Helper?

I felt as though I had reached a new level in my spiritual development — a step closer to Buddha-hood. Despite recent severe pain and despite shoulder surgery scheduled for next week, I was happy.

‘This Body Is Not Me’

So, indeed, this body is not me. It’s nothing like the body that ran three marathons in 1979 and ’80.

Compassion

From my Soto Zen dharma friends at Mind Without Walls. — Mel

What Makes a Buddhist?

I believe people wanting to become Buddhists, or Buddhas, should study his teachings in the light of his own time and culture and draw from them what they need today to awaken and lead satisfactory lives.

We Thank Them All

Many of us in the worldwide blogosphere need to research, write, create art, spread ideas at the same time that we consume all of the above. Others focus on creating, or on taking it in.

A Singing Saint

Ani Choying Drolma, who is Nepalese, has become famous as a meditative singer and musician in much of the world, but we in the United States know little of her.

The Cracked Water Pot

I’ve been feeling lately a bit like the cracked pot, and I suspect that all of us do from time to time.

You Make Me Feel…

Some of us work at jobs that bring public acclaim. Some of us watch the Academy Awards and the World Cup final to experience it vicariously.

Terrorism and Climate Change

…it’s natural to react with shock and fear to the Brussels bombings. But when we take refuge in out heart-mind, or our Buddha-nature, we see that we are far less fearful of many bigger threats — like riding in a car.