A very special Buddhist day today using the Gregorian calendar …… it’s Bodhi Day, the momentous day 2500 years ago when Buddha gained enlightenment. Especially celebrated today in Japan, whereas other countries in the east will use the lunar calendar… Read More ›
Read this slowly, take your time, just think about it. The body holds the mind just as the mind contains the body. Deep feelings of loss and pain are recorded in the tissues of the body as well as in… Read More ›
Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment. Thich Naht Hanh
“Most Westerners drawn to the Buddha’s teachings are well-educated sorts with a post-Darwinian cultural outlook that regards moral values as largely arbitrary. This orientation, combined with the doctrineless influence that Zen has had on the West, has left many to… Read More ›
We live in an illusory world, our very existence is illusory and marked by “suffering”, “impermanence” and “no-self”. The Buddha identified these over two thousand years ago and taught their importance to the path towards enlightenment. But their recognition is… Read More ›
If there’s any single part of Buddhism that baffles people it’s the concept of “No-self”, the belief that existentially we have no separate, permanent, identifiable self. Ask yourself this, “who is that person looking out into the world from behind… Read More ›
The Two Doctors 
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