We are Brothers and Sisters, both to Trayvon and to George. Both are equally deserving of our love and compassion.
Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman
Tag: kamma
Compassion fatigue
I recently read a Blog post by an Animal Rights activist named Piper Hoffman from Ourhenhouse.org. Piper talks about heading toward burnout, and what coping mechanisms she has learned to apply in her work and remain compassionate. But this immediately got…
What was I thinking?
I can’t stop thinking about these problems All thoughts become feelings because we personalize them. Thinking this is mine, and how this affects me, in this way. A prime example is when someone is angry at you. If mindful, we…
Struggling with addiction
A Buddhist perspective on my personal addictions I don’t honestly know if the Buddha ever taught about addictions directly, but he certainly did teach about defilements and attachments. The Pali word kilesa means mental states that cloud the mind and…
Buddhist life insurance
What kind of insurance policy do you have? Most religions have some sort of belief about a life after death. And of course, our actions in this life will decide what the afterlife is like for us. But is this…