You probably won’t find it by turning on your TV. You can’t bid for it on Trade Me. You won’t usually hear it on a bus, but sometimes you may. Occasionally you might be stunned by recognizing it in the eyes of a shopkeeper, offering you kind words as you go about your day.
Read more →When we come to spiritual practice, the forms and specific techniques we hear about and take up can have a lot of mystique about them. It is common for a new aspirant on the Buddhist path, for example, to become obsessed with certain ways of behaving, and to hold to them in all situations.
Read more →Harmlessness (pali – ahimsa) is an aspect of the practice that applies to all areas of the Buddhist Path – from the everyday to the subtle. In a way one could say that this quality of heart, this intelligence, is the essential foundation of all spiritual practice.
Read more →This is an excerpt of an interview I was privileged to have with L.A based Insight meditation teacher, and owner of the website Buddhist Geeks, Vincent Horn.
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