Spiritual practice should be something that we can relate to our daily life and the world around us. I was reminded of this after watching videos of a group of people from various religions who went to the 2009 Copenhagen climate change conference to speak out for the... read more
Sometimes in our practice we dig ourselves into a nice, deep hole. We sit in it and say, “The world is falling apart, something is wrong with it, something is wrong with me, the whole thing is just useless.” We can stay in that hole for quite a while even though it is... read more
Every morning it is important to reaffirm our commitment to kindness. Our teachers remind us of this again and again, because the afflictions are powerful and our mind is easily swept away by them. It is important on a regular basis to think of the values and... read more
Most people do not grasp trying to keep the body until they get old, sick and are moving towards death. When you are young, your body is fun. Until it is not. There are lots of people who get sick when they are young. The pain that the body can cause, and the distress... read more
When we get angry, or when we generate wrong views, we obliterate all the merit and goodness we have worked so hard to put into our consciousness. Even if we have previously dedicated the merit from our good deeds, we get two main results from anger. The first is the... read more
