Writing can be a tough gig. Whenever you do something in which you put yourself out there - if that becomes the focus of your life, you miss the... →
R. A. Salvatore
From the Buddhist point of view, it is true that emptiness is a characteristic of all of life - if we look carefully at any experience we will find... →
Sharon Salzberg
The middle way is a view of life that avoids the extreme of misguided grasping born of believing there is something we can find, or buy, or cling to... →
As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and compassion for... →
Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it.
It's difficult to admit to ourselves that we suffer. We feel humiliated, like we should have been able to control our pain. If someone else is... →
What you learn about pain in formal meditation can help you relate to it in your daily life.
The first of the four noble truths of Buddhism, that there is suffering in life, was enormously important to me. No one had ever said it out loud.... →
I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.
Olympism is a philosophy which, by blending sport with culture, seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value... →
Juan Antonio Samaranch