When Fear Arises
When fear arises, whether it’s fear of pain, fear of certain emotions, or fear of death, the meditation practice of mindful loving awareness invites…
Tag: Patience
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 63 – The Perfection of Patience
Ingrained in most modern cultures is the idea that progress is about speed and growth. This mindset of “more, better, faster” can have a negative…
Reclaiming Our Lost Sense of Self
How can our practice help us develop a healthy and full sense of self? How can we come to true self? There are several aspects…
Patience is the Wrong Word
Patience has a certain impatience built into it. In Zen the word is “constancy.” Instead of patience, constancy is a kind of dedication to what…
Video: Wise Leadership
The qualities of leadership taught by the Buddha are: generosity, integrity, non-harming, steadiness, sacrifice, patience, inclusiveness, vision, trus…
Honesty and a Non-Contentious Heart
The Buddha’s teachings point to a non-contentious heart. “There is gain and loss, slander and honor, praise and blame, pleasure and pain; the awakened ones…
Mindfulness As Fearless Presence
The art of living is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each…
Nelson Mandela – Freedom of Spirit
A magnificent light of human spirit was carried by Nelson Mandela to us all. When he walked out of Robben Island prison after 27 years…
