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A Grandmother’s Wisdom
A few weeks ago, I visited my grandmother who lives in Stockholm. In Sweden, people call their grandmothers by two different names: farmor, which means father’s
A few weeks ago, I visited my grandmother who lives in Stockholm. In Sweden, people call their grandmothers by two different names: farmor, which means father’s
Right Mindfulness is the seventh aggregate of the Noble Eight Fold Path. There are four foundations of mindfulness for a genuine Buddhist yogi or practitioner,
Working like a physician in his diagnosis of disease and treatment prescription, Buddha teaches us that suffering in this world is due to too much
Your Putt Watching golf tournaments on the television, you would have noticed that even golf professionals would miss some apparently simple putts. For the average
Golfing Meditation Almost all great golf players in the world consult sport psychologists at one time or another. Many, in fact, have an in-house sport
In the Buddhist tradition, there is abundant literature on Walking Meditation. The reason is obvious. Walking does not require any tools, or preparation or expensive
Sometimes I feel that the choice to be a lay disciple in Buddhism matters just as much as choosing to be ordained. As laypeople we
We can distinguish circumstances as considered intended (whether they’re actually intended is another story) or unintended – situations deemed as deliberately chosen, or contingent. The consciously intended ones can
I’d like to focus here on a quite common phenomenon which arises among human interactions which in its most general sense could be referred to
The sunrise has captivated me for as long as I can remember. I have seen so many vibrant shades splashed over the dark canvas of
The Pacalayamana Sutta: “The Sutta on Being Sleepy” Tiredness can be a huge obstacle in achieving our goals. I find that when I am working in a
Brotherhood After recognizing the Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh as his spiritual brother, Thomas Merton wrote in an essay: “I have said Nhat Hanh is