Heaven and Hell
A great and powerful warrior came to the head monk of a monastery. He asked the monk to show him the difference between heaven and...
Search in the Right Place
A Zen parable ... A man came home late one night and as he was approaching his gate he accidently dropped his key on the ground where it...
Freedom
"What most people call freedom is just the ability to satisfy desire. Many say, "I want more freedom" and what they mean is they want to...
Reaction to Misery
Day in and day out, we see so much misery around us; death, greed, hatred, and so on. Most of these people suffer without realizing the...
Knowledge vs. Wisdom
Living in this world, it becomes very hard to differentiate between knowledge and wisdom. In a technological society, we start to...
Root Cause of Suffering
Many times in life, we are faced with adverse situations and often it is hard to pinpoint the root cause; sometimes we even think of it...
On Meditation
"When man becomes aware of the movement of his own thoughts he will see the division between the thinker and thought, the observer and...
Gifts
Especially during the holiday season, we are often involved with the ritual of gift giving and taking. Many times it is fun to buy...
Why not React?
If we examine ourselves in our daily lives, we notice that most of our actions tend to be reactions. Either we want for something to...
Common Pitfalls in the Beginning
The beginning of any activity usually presents the greatest hurdles and so is true of meditation. Questions/comments like "Why am I...
What After Breathing?
The main idea behind focusing on the breath is to sharpen our concentration. From our experience in daily life, we understand that...
Why Just Breathing?
We close our eyes and focus on our breath without any visualization or counting. The idea is to remove as many distractions as possible...