Noble friends are we? What’s the difference you say? Well I believe it is a World of difference. Most of us have many friends, some of whom are near and dear to us, while others are merely “Facebook friends”. And…
A friend or a Noble friend
Tag: meditation
Meditation, retreats, and McDonalds
Can meditation be like drive-thru enlightenment? All three may sound delicious, but there are obviously some major differences. And many of us may partake in all three from time to time, without understanding the underlying implications. Meditation is a very…
Managing your expectations
Expectations, are they ever a good thing? I have come to see that expectations are a dominant force in our daily lives, and something that can cause each of us a great deal of disappointment. Yet the idea of living…
The Glorious Sutta
Excerpt from the Maha Mangala Sutta – The Glorious Sutta (translation and Commentary by Dr. R.L. Soni revised by Bhikkhu Khantipalo) In life, one is plagued by desires; in Nibbana, all desires are extinguished and all clingings are nullified. In…
Seeking light in the darkness
Seek and ye shall find While most of us would probably say that we live a typical life, with its normal ups and downs, we all have likely faced dark moments that seemed to have imprisoned us for a time.…