Harsh speech occurs when we insult people, criticise them, yell, scream, ridicule, make fun of them, and point out their mistakes, all done with the intention to hurt these people or to release our anger. We usually think of harsh speech taking place only when someone... read more
There are four things the great masters encourage us to do to strengthen our practice. First, work hard to create virtuous karma. Put our energies into using our body, speech and mind in virtuous ways that do not cause harm to ourselves or others. That is the basic... read more
We value freedom a lot. Being free is very important to Americans and other people throughout the world. There are different kinds of freedom, and we usually want the kind of freedom where we can do, have, be or go whatever and wherever we want and whenever we want... read more
Using our speech to create disharmony is called divisive speech. This is often done by talking behind other people’s backs and saying all sorts of things to turn one person against another. We often do this when we are upset with somebody. Somebody did something we do... read more
It is wonderful to get teachings based on the stories of the Buddha’s life. There is so much richness in it. There are certain points in his story that kind of haunt me, that I go back and think about again and again.One of those points is about the relationship... read more
