In Socratic fashion, the Buddha would often ask his students obvious questions. One time, he asked his monks which was more: the handful...

An editor once was concerned that in one of my writings it seemed that I was focused on love in way that made it sound selfish because we...

The deepest insight of the Buddha is one that, when we first hear of it, can seem a little frightening. This is the insight of anatta,...

We tend to think of meditation solely as the time we spend on our meditation cushion. While that is important, it is not the only aspect...

One day the Buddha stood before 1250 monks, help up a flower, and stood in silence. There was a long pause, until one of his students,...

As he was dying, the Buddha imparted this advice: Take refuge in the island of self. There is no other refuge. For those of us growing...

While a lot of the time we complain about having too much to do, sometimes we may find ourselves at the other end of the spectrum—feeling...

One of the hindrances to meditation the Buddha enumerated is restlessness. Restlessness is a problem all meditators are familiar with. ...

Sometimes life can feel like an endless round of things we have to do. We wake up in the morning reviewing the things we have to do that...

If we look closely, we will see that we live most of our lives on autopilot. We may be taking dishes out of the dishwasher, doing...