A couple of years ago I attended a dhamma talk by the Bhikkhuni Venerable Madika. And one of the things she talked about the really left a lasting impression on me was how she spoke about dropping the stories we…
A day without stories
Tag: mindful
That was now, this is then
Does that sound backward to you? Well it shouldn’t, because it is in fact reality. Our minds are constantly grasping at the future and wrestling with the past. But in doing so, we completely miss what is happening. That future…
Eye of the hurricane
Whether it is the eye of a hurricane or eye of a tornado, in the center there is a calm and stillness. And I can easily draw the parallel to this in our practice. On a good day, that peace…
A Buddhist in a Non-Buddhist World
Impermanence, shmermanence! And what’s dukkha? It sounds like something you stepped in on a farm! Pali? Isn’t that what you call your Parrot? And don’t even get me started on no-self. What kind of crazy, new age, wacky thinking is…
I am the middle path
I am learning to remind myself not to take myself or this life too seriously. That too, I think, is the middle way. And this means to be observant of my thoughts, words and actions.