Meditation Retreats are Powerful
If we go on retreat with the genuine intention to see life more clearly, and relate more honestly & open-heartedly with ourselves and...
Fundamental Nature?
All wisdom traditions suggest that humans have two fundamental natures: • the one with which we're all familiar; and • the other most of...
Preparing to See More Clearly
If we're honest, most of us find Zen masters', mystics' & saints' behaviors & writings incomprehensible, counter-cultural, unnatural...
Success & Happiness
“Don’t aim at success – the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness,...
Suffering, and Beyond
“Suffering is the demand that experience be different from what it is. … peace of mind is possible, no matter what the circumstances. …...
Wave on Ocean
At some level we're well aware of the ever-changing, stressful, unsatisfactory nature of life. Buddhist psychology calls this "dukkha."...