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Can We “Choose” to Be Happy? No—and Yes! 23 Jul 2013 | 04:40 am
Steven Goodheart Essay Can we “choose” to be happy? Well, try it right now, and see. Make yourself truly happy. Can’t do it, right? At any given instant, if we are honest about it, we realize that w...
Ken Mcleod on how to use Thich Nhat Hanh’s Five-Step Method of Emotional Releasing 11 Jul 2013 | 03:04 am
One of the most skillful Buddhist teachers I know of and someone whose skillful teachings have brought immense healing into my life is Ken McLeod. I can’t recommend enough his book: Wake up to your ...
Non-resistance and the Art of Resisting without Resisting! 1 May 2013 | 09:05 am
In Buddhism, nature of non-resistance is truly non-dual, but I think this this non-dual nature is misapprehended sometimes. Paradoxically, non-resistance doesn’t necessarily mean no resistance! Non-r...
Non-resistance and the Art of Resisting without Resisting! 1 May 2013 | 09:05 am
In Buddhism, nature of non-resistance is truly non-dual, but I think this this non-dual nature is misapprehended sometimes. Paradoxically, non-resistance doesn’t necessarily mean no resistance! Non-re...
Don’t be fooled! There is a Way and We Can Walk It! 19 Apr 2013 | 04:12 am
Steve Goodheart Essay Mere belief and mental agreement with some metaphysical view—nirvana, emptiness, non-duality, the “way of no way,” the Tao, the “pathless path,” and all the other terms and conc...
Don’t be fooled! There is a Way and We Can Walk It! 19 Apr 2013 | 04:12 am
Mere belief and mental agreement with some metaphysical view—nirvana, emptiness, non-duality, the “way of no way,” the Tao, the “pathless path,” and all the other terms and concepts of spirituality — ...
The Importance of Compassion in Assessing Our Dharma Progress 3 Apr 2013 | 01:35 am
Steve Goodheart Essay Never condemn your past from the standpoint of some new spiritual understanding or breakthroughs. Never look down on who you once were. Never disparage “the old man” or the “old...
The Importance of Compassion in Assessing Our Dharma Progress 3 Apr 2013 | 01:35 am
Never condemn your past from the standpoint of some new spiritual understanding or breakthroughs. Never look down on who you once were. Never disparage “the old man” or the “old woman,” to use a bibli...
Jesus and the Buddha on Good Friday 30 Mar 2013 | 01:10 am
On this Good Friday March 29, 2013, I offer these excerpts from a dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh on December 24, 1997 in Plum Village, France. Jesus and Buddha as Brothers “There was a film ma...
Jesus and the Buddha on Good Friday 30 Mar 2013 | 01:10 am
On this Good Friday March 29, 2013, I offer these excerpts from a dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh on December 24, 1997 in Plum Village, France. Jesus and Buddha as Brothers “There was a film make...
