Who Am I?
When a student complains about suffering to a Zen teacher, the student may be asked "WHO is suffering?" This may cause the student to...
"Start Again, Start Again ..."
Even experienced meditators can forget that “in each moment we are always ‘getting started.’ If we can bring awareness and wisdom to each...
Minding our Minds
"We can lead our life so as to become more awake to who we are and what we’re doing rather than trying to improve or change or get rid of...
Advertising?
The multi-billion-dollar-a-year advertising industry works by creating dissatisfaction with what we have / look like / are, in order to...
All-important Basics
Meditation master Sayadaw U Tejaniya advises new students: "... to relax and be aware, to not have any expectations or to control the...
Urge to Act
Moment-by-moment, we're constantly on the move, at least mentally, if not verbally or other behaviors. We're driven to act. We're...