Tag: Blue Lotus Temple

The best advice in the World

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example I know that your situation is unique, and very personal to you. Probably you feel like no one can truly understand your feelings…

So much time, so little to do

Too much time on my hands? Isn’t this how most of us feel, like we have so much time on our hands and so very little to get done? My guess is your heads are tilted right now, like a…

Why do we meditate?

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Is there a best reason for us to meditate? Perhaps asking why we meditate seems to be a silly question coming from me. But I have realized that not only do I meditate daily without often giving this thought, but…

The unanswerable questions

The fourteen unanswerable questions (Avyakrta in Sanskrit), in Buddhism, refers to fourteen common philosophical questions that Buddha refused to answer, according to Buddhist Sanskrit texts. Pali texts give only ten. Questions concerning the existence of the world in time: 1.…

The Full Moon

Like a bright beacon of light to guide a tall ship through the darkness, the monastics of the Blue Lotus Temple usher me home time after time. Not only by their loving-kindness, compassion and goodwill, but by their very example…