Lately my boss has been difficult, unappreciative, aggressive, and demanding. He seems to vacillate between opposite extremes of overbearing confidence and a crippling fear of failure.
It can be very frustrating working for someone who seems to be Psyzophrenic, and while I try to remind myself that he is just seeking happiness like everyone […]
“I can’t meditate; my mind just won’t slow down. Every time I try to meditate my mind jumps all over the place, I get so frustrated, meditation just isn’t for me.”
Sound familiar?
Meditation is definitely for you, the fact that you can’t slow your mind down isn’t that unusual for someone new to meditation […]
Emptiness
Barren, blank, meaningless, and worthless are all synonyms for Emptiness, and yet in Buddhist philosophy, Emptiness is the Ultimate goal.
There is no higher attainment than the direct realization that everything is ‘empty’, that all phenomenon lack inherent or intrinsic identity. Simply put, things don’t exist without dependence upon their own parts, external causes and conditions.
When […]
Ambud Stumbles on the Path
PartII
I am Sage?
People begin meditation and change religions or philosophies for many different reasons. Often, these changes are a result of some event or series of events which trigger a need to find something more. I’m no different in that regard, and while I had my earliest exposure to meditation and […]
Ambud Stumbles on the Path
Part I
My first meditation.
During my first mediation I can remember struggling over how to sit, painfully attempting to position these two logs I like to refer to as legs, into a lotus position. Ok, now lets see, oh yeah, breathe in two..three..four, breathe out. Damn my legs hurt; I wonder if […]
How do you get started with Buddhism.
I’ve heard this question a lot and depending on how it was presented, I have interpreted the question in two ways:
1) How do I begin to study Buddhism and learn to meditate?
2) Why does someone decide to become Buddhist?
To […]
How do you forgive?
Many of the people that I have discussed this topic with seem to think forgiveness happens naturally, overtime. When their mind is ready, it will let go of the anger that they have about someone or something.
I believe forgiving is an active process. For many years I held the same belief that […]
Margaret is downstairs making coffee and breakfast for Jim and the kids. Jim wakes to the giggles of his young children, tugging on him to play. He tosses them in the air, big smiles on their faces as they bounce off the mattress, tickling and roughhousing they joyfully begin their day.
Mom calls […]
With so many authors writing on the topic of Buddhism, what else is there to offer an audience of mostly American readers?
Teachers are a great thing, and so are retreats to the mountains, and of course visits to anywhere the Dalai Lama shows up are great too, but how is the average ‘American Buddhist’ participating […]
