I was reading an article this morning by someone who had tried Buddhism and found it to simply be the flip side of Christianity. The way he sees it, Christians believe in achieving Heaven once they die and Buddhist think…
Are Buddhist practitioners actually spiritual narcissists? Well on the surface it would certainly seem that way. After all, we are taught to love the self first. Forgive and accept yourself, see your true nature. And of course meditation is something…
I know this seems to be a very bold statement, but I believe it is completely true. I am the Buddha! You see, I think each of us is like a peanut M&M candy. We have a hard sweet shell…
I read a post on Marguerite Manteau-Rao’s Mind Deep Blog yesterday, and it got me thinking. Marguerite’s Blog is usually good at doing that for me. Basically it was about deciding between constant practice and mindfulness, or the need for…
The words “skillful” and “unskillful” (Pali: Kusala and Akusala) are Buddhist terms for talking about the ethical status of our actions. A wholesome mind brings about a state of wholesome speech and actions. This is Kusala. Any thoughts that are…