Tag: ego

Walking the talk

During my recent 5 hour mini-silence-retreat, I spent some time doing walking meditation. This was the first time I had done this, and only received a little instruction from monastics on the proper way to do this. I was told…

Am I right, or am I right?

Recently, someone very dear to me decided to de-friend approximately 100 of their friends on Facebook. This was all brought about because of a strong disagreement on values and perspective of a certain situation going on in the news right…

Buddhist Banking

Have you made any deposits lately? Do you know how much is available for withdrawal? Are you earning interest on your deposits? Does your account pay dividends? You might want to ask yourself these questions about your current account. I…

Talk to the animals

During a recent dhamma talk by Bhante Sujatha, he pointed out that our pets do not meditate. I think this was to illuminate that as human beings we have capabilities beyond those of the animal world. And while that may…

I wish I had a …

How often do any of us use this expression? I would bet that most of us do so unconsciously quite often. I wish I had a bigger house, I wish I could get a new car, I wish I was…