With Tina Turner singing in my head, “What’s love got to do with it”, I decided to attempt to dissect love and what it truly is in a factual sense. Initially, I know that most people would say that love…
The deconstruction of love
Tag: Buddhist
How much to give yourself
I have come to see that giving in the American culture is one which always has an expectation attached to it. We may give to charities etc, but we always have some type of expectation attached to that act. We…
Forgive and forget?
Recently my amazing Son-in-law, Jared Edwards, wrote a Blog post about the subject of forgiveness and the idea of forgetting it. One of his points being that if one truly forgets it, it opens the possibility of becoming someone’s doormat.…
The attachment to giving
In Buddhist teachings, the act of giving and generosity (dana), is essential in our development. And the Buddha taught us that when we give to others, we should do this without expectation of reward or gratitude. Giving without attaching to…
The heart of the matter
The Heart Sutra is a Mahayana Buddhist sutra. Its Sanskrit name Prajnaparamita Hṛdaya literally translates to “Heart of the Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom”. This sutra basically says: When a person has perfected his wisdom he can see that the five…