Tag: mahakaruna

Who’s better?

better

I wonder how often many of you, like me, judge others as better or worse than ourselves. I think I am guilty of semi unconsciously doing this a hundred times a day. Our sense perceptions of sight and sound can…

Getting things under control

control

Does your life seem like it’s always under control? Are things always just working out the way you wanted or hoped for? Do people always respond to you in the manner you expect or deserve? Well I can tell you…

I see you suffer

When the Buddha reached enlightenment, or as I like to see it “awakened”, I understand that he was not going to attempt to teach others what he had learned. But from his great compassion (mahakaruna), he decided to spend the…

When the going gets tough

Of course we all know that the next part of this phrase is, “the tough get going”. But how does this apply to the Buddhist practice? I have come to see that our practice is very easy when things are…