A Meaningful Day – July 13, 2022
“I think if you are an intensely religious believer, as soon as you wake up, you thank God for another day. And you try to do God’s will. For a nontheist like myself, but who is a Buddhist, as soon as I wake up, I remember Buddha’s teaching: the importance of kindness and compassion, wishing […]
Wired To Be Compassionate – July 12, 2022
“I mean simply to say that ultimately our greatest joy is when we seek to do good for others… It’s how we are made. I mean we are wired to be compassionate… We are wired to be caring for the other and generous to one another. We shrivel when we are not able to interact… […]
Our Moral Duty – June 10, 2022
“Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world.” ―Etty Hillesum, “29 September”, in An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943 and […]
Making Time and Space – Feb. 17, 2022
“Often the shadow side of teaching is not making the time or space for the very principles you espouse for others… This points again to the essential nature of a soul friend in our lives who can help us discern when we are ready, when we are rushing, and when we are holding back.” –Christine […]
