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…
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…
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…
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…