Great Perfection Teachings for Today and Tomorrow from the Grand Master Long...
You lucky people; click and attain enlightenment. Ah, if only it was that easy! Yet the world of Buddha-Dharma (liberating wisdom) is at our fingertips, in the palm of our hands, the click of a mouse....
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Realignment
My dear friend and colleague Cheryl Richardson, spiritual author and life coach, asks us to fill in the blank at the end of this sentence: The best actions for me to take to get back in alignment with...
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Earth Day
I was teaching a weekend meditation workshop in Seattle for Earth Day yesterday, and visited the arboretum and a research greenhouse at the U. of Washington there. My old friend John Perkins, economist...
View ArticleGenocide in Africa
Genocide poses a crisis of conscience to all of us who care about the world beyond the small circle of ourselves. Yesterday I heard Mia Farrow speak and show slides at the World Trade Center in Boston...
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Thoughts on the future of Buddhist wisdom and practice…
“I just came back from conducting our annual summer Dzogchen Center ten day intensive meditation retreat in Garrison, NY, on the banks of the Hudson River. During that time, I thought a lot, with my...
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Deep Questioning by Dr. Jennifer Howard
Dr. Jennifer Howard is a internationally acclaimed coach, licensed psychotherapist, teacher, energy healer, and is a leading thought leader on spirituality and psychology. She is also the host of the...
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Words of Wisdom
Lama Surya Das’ WEEKLY WORDS OF WISDOM “Here is the essence of meditation practice and letting go, which implies letting come and go– letting be. Catching yourself before things catch you. I try to...
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Words Of Wisdom From His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“Today the human soul asks the question: What can I do to preserve the beauty and wonder of our world and to eliminate the anger and hatred and inequality that inevitably causes it– in that part of the...
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Emaho!
I started the new year at our 19th annual winter Dzogchen Center meditation retreat, which we’ve been holding for the last ten or more years on the snowy banks of the mighty Hudson at the Garrison...
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Essence Nowness Meditation or Presencing
Simply aware of the arising-falling Of all and everything Right before your eyes Like a dream Mirage Sit-com Letting it come and go Letting go Letting be Breathing out into it And in out of it...
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Essence Nowness Meditation or Presencing
Simply aware of the arising-falling Of all and everything Right before your eyes Like a dream Mirage Sit-com Letting it come and go Letting go Letting be Breathing out into it And in out of it...
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Remember to Remember
“Remember to remember to catch yourself before things catch and entangle you. It’s not outer objects that entangle you but inner attachment and fixation that entangles you. Why take the bait and get...
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The Essence of Awakening
As a young child playing hide and seek outside, with my cousins and siblings, in both Brooklyn and suburban Long Island, I learned an early meditation lesson: the more I stopped, and simply tuned in...
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Take A Summer Breath Break
Summer is a great time to sit quietly on your porch, in a park, at the beach, or even just on you front stoop and incorporate a spiritual exercise—a moment of mindfulness, of contemplative sweetness...
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The Great Way of Awakening
We should not be taken in by the intensity of our latest spiritual epiphany while losing sight of the endless journey yet to be unfolded. I diagnose this seeker’s disease as “premature immaculation”,...
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A beautiful poem from beautiful friends!
“From love we learn to ease our fretful longing for more and to rest in the blessedness of things as they are. From love we learn to heal our losses and our fears of loss. Love awakens us. It shows us...
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Article 1
One of my wonderful Twitter followers @scnitschke sent me this powerful poem in response a recent post. I loved it so much, I thought you might too! “She Let Go” Without a thought or a word, she let...
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A Soto Zen Chant to Welcome 2016
May all awakening beings extend with true compassion their luminous mirrorlike wisdom. May the merit and virtue of these considerations of the bodhisattvas, both of the words herein and in the...
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…Let’s remember…
…Let’s remember… “You have been telling people that this is the eleventh hour. Now you must go back and tell people that this is the hour! And there are things to be considered: Where are...
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Ten Tips and Pointers for Befriending Time
1) Rest in the breath while letting go of all thoughts, concerns, plans, worries, and preoccupations. 2) Be mindful of the physical sensations you feel right now. 3) Feel the good earth beneath your...
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