As soon as your object of concern changes from yourself to someone else
As soon as your object of concern changes from yourself to someone else, your heart is released from the bondage …
Are our disturbing emotions diminishing? Is wisdom developing and increasing?
We should be really concerned with these questions: Am I really practicing in a genuine way? Am I really progressing? …
Seeing and not seeing.
“What I see are the waverings and wanderings of my own mind. What I do not see is the right …
We can rejoice at goodness. This shines a light into the darkness.
“Remembering that we are in samsara, which was never described as a joy-ride, we can nonetheless appreciate all the goodness …
Everything around us is in flux.
As human beings we share a tendency to scramble for certainty whenever we realize that everything around us is in …
Using your human life to achieve trivial aims is like storing garbage in a golden vase.
How many people have ever heard the term “the Three Jewels” or the sound of OM MANI PADME HUM? And …
Renounce our habitual grasping, unhappy minds.
By renouncing samsara, we renounce our habitual grasping, unhappy minds. And by renouncing samsara, we embrace our potential for enlightenment. …
You have to remember buddha nature.
You have to remember buddha nature. In the emptiness of your heart, remember you have buddha nature. Delusions are not …
That’s just the way it is.
“The nature of our heart is such that whenever it clings and grasps there is agitation and confusion. First it …
When there’s a big disappointment, we don’t know if it’s the end of the story.
When there’s a big disappointment, we don’t know if it’s the end of the story. It may just be the …