Short video by His Holiness the Dalai Lama about unbiased compassion.
Buddhist meditation
Meditation In Daily Life, by Bhante Bodhidhamma
It is good to take one of the Perfections as a special practice. Maybe it’s patience: I’m impatient with myself and others; I’m easily irritated and angered. So let this be my special practice. As we develop one Perfection, we shall discover that the whole personality is affected and all the other Perfections are also enhanced…
Sound and Noise, by Suzuki Roshi
Short film by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi – Sandokai – Sound and Noise
Liberating Emotions, by Ajahn Sumedho
Sometimes metta is presented as a kind of ‘think pink’ idea, where we are just saying very nice things and wishing everybody well and it is all very sweet and nice, but underneath there might be a kind of volcano of rage and resentment…
Tantric View of Nonattachment, by Francesca Fremantle
When we are happy we usually do not want to hear anything about detachment, because the little self likes being involved in pleasant experiences and thinks it would spoil the fun…
Don’t Take Your Life Personally
Mindfulness or awareness is knowing, isn’t it? It is a direct knowing, immanent here and now.It is being fully present, attentive, to this present moment as is.
Teachings of a Buddhist Monk
Spiritual life is not about becoming someone special but discovering a greatness of heart within us and every being…
Modern practical teachings from an American monk living within one of the oldest Buddhist traditions…
Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening
This eighth-century classic is a complete translation of Hui Hai’s teachings. He was one of the early Chan/Zen masters (along with Ma Tsu and Huang Po) following on from Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch.
Hui Hai: “What do you suppose is not the Buddha? Point it out to me!”…