Tag: loving kindness

Sri Lanka and the Ukraine

Sri Lanka

A dear friend of mine is currently visiting Sri Lanka, and writing regularly about the experience on his Blog. In a most recent post, he discusses the extreme poverty of most people in that country and his observations of how…

Cancer of the mind

cancer

I often feel as though my practice takes one step forward, then two steps back. This can be a little frustrating at times because I am not always quite sure what is causing this phenomenon. Recently, it was discovered that…

The power of our words

our words

Our words can encourage or destroy While Right Speech is part of the Noble Eightfold Path, I am always reminded that the Eightfold Path is meant to be used collectively. This means that our speech is not truly beneficial to…

All beings are equal

being

But what constitutes a being? Saying that all beings are equal may be a seemingly broad stroke of the brush, but more and more I have come to see this to be clearly evident. I submit some questions to you…