Yesterdays dhamma talk at the Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple referred to the Lotus flower and how it relates to our practice. And while I have read, heard and studied this analogy before, this talk made me want to revisit this.…
The Lotus
Tag: suffering
My transient life
Usually when I think of a person as a transient, I am thinking of a homeless person. But today I see that I am just as much a transient. It would appear that I have a home, but is in…
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.
The simple life
“If you can’t explain it simply, then you don’t understand” Ever since I first heard this saying, I had to question and investigate everything that I previously thought I knew. I quickly found out, that while I had a general…
Letting go again
Attachment – suffering Desire – suffering Passion – suffering Clinging – suffering Yikes, how do we get out of this situation of creating so much unhappiness and dissatisfaction in our lives? The Pali word Samsara best describes this state of…