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Why a Spiritual Teacher is the Ultimate Shortcut to Peace
We live in a world enchanted with DIY. From assembling flat-pack furniture to fixing your dishwasher with a YouTube tutorial, we love the feeling of figuring it out ourselves. When it comes to navigating the deep, often turbulent waters of our own minds, going it...
You Won the Cosmic Jackpot With This Precious Human Life
Imagine your friend gives you a lottery ticket. In this hypothetical situation, you’re like me, and you haven’t followed the jackpot rising to a billion dollars. You just stick the ticket in your pocket and forget about it. In fact, it’s likely the ticket will end up...
Taming the Monkey Mind with Mindfulness
If you’ve ever tried to meditate for more than a minute, you’ve probably met your monkey. You’ve likely encountered your monkey mind going wild when you’re mulling over some worry, stewing over an insult, or craving something you desire. In the Buddhist tradition, we...
Practicing Self-Compassion with W.A.I.T.
Practicing Self-Compassion makes us happier, more resilient, and less anxious. Have you heard of the practice W.A.I.T. Why am I talking? I didn't come up with it, but I've been using it quite a lot lately. It's such a handy reminder when you're about to say something...
Buddhism Beliefs: We Are Family
Seeing all beings as having once been our mother in countless past lives is one of the most fundamental Buddhist beliefs. This belief leads to the development of universal compassion. In Buddhist practice, especially in the Mahayana tradition, we sometimes take a...
An open letter to all mothers
Dear Mothers, Thank you. No living being could exist without a mother. We need a father, too, but their contribution could mean that a father and their child have never even met. With technology, the father and mother may never meet! And so, mothers, we owe everything...
Dependent Origination in Buddhism
Understanding and practicing Buddha's teaching on Dependent Origination What if I told you that nothing exists on its own, not your favorite cup of coffee, not your stress, not even you (at least, not in the way you think)? In Buddhism, this idea isn’t just a...
Exploring Right Mindfulness: The Path to Awakening
Exploring Right Mindfulness: The Path to Awakening Right mindfulness is a crucial part of the Eightfold Path, introducing us to a new way of experiencing reality—one that lessens elaborations and brings us closer to perceiving things as they truly are. Through...
What Are We Made of?
The Buddha taught that what we think of as "self" is actually just a temporary collection of five aggregates—form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. These aggregates are constantly changing, yet we cling to them as if they create a solid,...
What is samsara according to Buddhism?
Samsara is like being stuck on a cosmic carnival ride you didn’t exactly sign up for. It seems fun at first, then you drop your cotton candy, and start feeling nauseous. But you can't get off the ride! The Ferris wheel keeps going around and you're stuck. So this...
Karma: A Guide to Shaping Your Future
Understanding Karma and Right View: A Path to Liberation Believing in the law of karma is part of Right View, which is one of the Eightfold Path. Right View is about seeing clearly. It's about understanding reality and knowing what brings happiness or suffering. The...
Understanding Karma
What if karma isn't a system of reward and punishment, but your ultimate source of freedom? So often, karma is misunderstood as some cosmic force of reward and punishment. In Buddhist psychology, karma is simply the law of cause and effect. When we live with a belief...
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