Reading Archive (Generosity)
The Oppressor and the Oppressed Must Both be Liberated
I always knew that deep down in every human heart, there is mercy and generosity. No one is born hating another person because of the...
The Act of Giving is the True Gift
In an ancient Indian epic, Arjuna, a famed warrior questions his divine charioteer, Krishna, about the noblest giver in the land....
Do A Nice Thing For Your Future Self
I grew up on a small family farm, with plants and animals needing care in every direction, so vacations were rare. But one summer my...
How Generosity Blossoms Into Meditation
The cultivation of generosity is the beginning of the path. [...] The path begins there because of the joy that arises from a generous...
Hiding A Penny
When I was six or seven years old, growing up in Pittsburgh, I used to take a precious penny of my own and hide it for someone else to...
Finding the Deepest Joy in Relationships
One very helpful tool in both clarifying and working with our relationship difficulties is to return to the three questions: Am I truly...
Renewability Makes Something Valuable
In the village, people used to build their houses out of traditional materials, using no iron or lumber or nails, but the houses...
Generosity Helps Us Accept Change
The aim of practicing generosity is twofold, or else it’s an incomplete experience. The first aim is to free our minds from the...
Surrender Your Data
Surrender your data, and I will give you wisdom. Empty your bank accounts, and let me show you value. Shut your eyes to entertainment,...
The Soul of Money
There comes a point where having more than we need becomes a burden. We are overcompensated, overstuffed, swimming in the excess, looking...
Neighbors Are Our Practice
Meditation is only one of the many qualities that is emphasized. It's a very important one because we have to understand our mind, and we...
Drum Major Instinct
There is deep down within all of us an instinct. It's a kind of drum major instinct.a desire to be out front, a desire to lead the...
On Generosity
"We are going to talk about something which needs a mind that can penetrate very profoundly. We must begin very near because we...
One Robe One Bowl
In the early years of my practice, a group of Burmese monks were guest teachers for a week at a retreat at which I was a student in...
Service
Separateness and unity. How interesting that these root causes, revealed in the expereience of helping, turn out to be what most...