Tag: loving kindness

The best intentions

Intentions

Often times, all of us do things with the best of intentions. Yet just as often we have all seen the results being less than ideal. Like the old saying that “your heart was in the right place”. Which basically…

I have a friend

I have a friend

Yes, I have a friend. Actually, I am blessed to have so many wonderful and Noble friends. But today I have one precious friend in particular that has taught me something extremely important. Which is not to minimize in any…

How to pleasure yourself

pleasure

One of the basic tenets of the Buddhist practice is to love yourself. And while most of us probably believe that we do, I am not so sure that we all have a deep understanding of this. To begin with,…

The greatness of small acts

small acts

Like most people, I often feel that my small acts of kindness or compassion are really insignificant in this big World that we live in. But I realize today that it is these small acts that truly change our World…

Why the sangha is important

sangha

When I first me my teacher, Bhante Sujatha, he told me the thing I was missing in my practice was the sangha. Which at that time I really knew nothing about. I suppose I thought of the sangha as a…