We all go through bad moods from time to time. It is part of our conditioning in cyclic existence. I think one of the main things that is going on when we are in a bad mood is that we want things to be different from the way they are. Things are going one way and…

In the Eightfold Noble Path, the first aspect the Buddha spoke about was right view. Sometimes we think that the right view is the view of emptiness and that it comes later in the path. That is true, the right view does include the view of emptiness and…

Each morning we renew our daily motivation by making three strong aspirations. Setting these three daily motivations is a precious practice that influences our day ahead. We try to hold them in our minds throughout the day so we can recognise and…

The foundation of our spiritual practice is renunciation, which is the mind that wants to be free of dukkha in all its forms, not just the “ouch” kind of suffering, but the whole situation of being under the control of ignorance, afflictions and karma. It is…

Think about attachment — how we get attached to things, how we act, and what the outcome is — we will begin to see the disadvantages. In meditation, it is very helpful to reflect on examples from your own life: “When I followed attachment, how did it work…