A Zen student walked in to see the master. Sitting down, he blurted out, "There's something terribly wrong with me!" The...
"This awareness of the so called outward and the inward movements of life, is meditation. The simultaneous awareness of the total...
Nothing is holier, nothing is more exemplary than a beautiful, strong tree. When a tree is cut down and reveals its naked death-wound to...
Some years ago, I was walking downtown San Francisco with a great friend and a learned Tibetan scholar. I asked him about one of the most...
Simplicity of the heart is of far greater importance and significance ...
Over two thousand years ago, the mathematician Archimedes said, “Give me a place to stand and I’ll move the world.”...
When Yannai, my sister Inbal’s son, was three and a half, his grandparents were visiting and were staying in the downstairs room....
My work is loving the world. Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird - equal seekers of sweetness. Here the quickening yeast;...
Reggie once told me that we could use these cells like meditation cells used by monks in monasteries. But prison is not a monastery....
Most of us have heard of ego and let ego run our lives without realizing it. But few of us know how deeply our ego—the small, less...
We give thanks for all those who are moved, in their lives, to heal and protect the earth, in small ways and in large. Blessings on the...
You are not depressed; you are distracted. You believe that you have lost something, which is impossible, because everything that you...