The practice of Buddhism, however, is not to go up and down with those changing conditions—feeling sad when things are not as we want them to be, and happy when they are. The Buddha’s teaching is pointing towards understanding this world…
Everyday Buddhist
Meditation In Daily Life — emotional states, by Bhante Bodhidhamma
The moods, once so solid, now seem softer and there is a general uplift towards calmness, peace and joy…
Cabinet Making, by Trevor Leggett
We often do not realise clearly that all our actions are of the same nature: they are bits for the ‘cabinet’ which is being made. One piece is as important as the other; some are bigger, some are smaller, but they are all important…
Wrinkles, The Universe and All That, by Linda Clark
I never really thought about the ageing process until I was twenty-five and my new employers, the South-Eastern Electricity Board, sent me to London on an induction course. I was a very timid soul in those days and it was… Read More ›
Einstein and Contemplation by John Aske
Einstein’s eyes were luminous and serene, like the eyes of a jade bodhisattva, lost in an absoluteness of being, where there is neither cat nor mouse, but only grace…
The path of mindfulness is the path of no preferences
Mindfulness has no preferences.
.. after that I contemplated my attitude; I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity any more.
