Tag: compassion

The breath

After a wonderful workshop on disturbing emotions last night, we came home and enjoyed a little dinner. After letting that settle, we sat down to do our nightly meditation. The workshop had made me more aware of the idea of…

Death and rebirth

Severing the ties of your current state of Samsara. To finally cut through the illusions of self and ego. This is to be free of suffering. An end to suffering. You see, this is not an endless cycle that we…

Dare I admonish you?

Although written for Bhikkhu‘s, I believe, as a layperson, I need to be very mindful of what I write here on my Blog. How to admonish another skillfully: “O bhikkhus, a bhikkhu who desires to admonish another should do so…

Romper Room

Remember Romper Room on TV when you were a kid? Well, maybe not if you are too young. The show had a lady who would look in a magic mirror, and see everyone watching the show, and call you out…

Just do it my way!

Wouldn’t the World be a better place if everyone just did things my way? Of course it would. And that is exactly the type of thinking that causes me so much suffering every single day. You see, when someone is…