Tag: mudita

The Lotus

Yesterdays dhamma talk at the Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple referred to the Lotus flower and how it relates to our practice. And while I have read, heard and studied this analogy before, this talk made me want to revisit this.…

Codependence, Independence, Interdependence

What is the “right” way to relate or associate with our friends and loved ones? Is it codependently, independently, or interdependently? Or perhaps it is something completely different. I will share a brief excerpt from the Paticca-samuppada-vibhanga sutta: “And what…

Pali lesson

dhamma [Skt. dharma]: (1) Event; a phenomenon in and of itself; (2) mental quality; (3) doctrine, teaching; (4) nibbāna. Also, principles of behavior that human beings ought to follow so as to fit in with the right natural order of…

How much to give yourself

I have come to see that giving in the American culture is one which always has an expectation attached to it. We may give to charities etc, but we always have some type of expectation attached to that act. We…

Where are the teachings?

In most religions, there are a set of rules and guidelines that usually involve faith in the unseen and unknown. But in the Buddhist tradition, there are no rules as such, and no faith as one would typically think of…