Futility of Search
The disciple looked at the Master. So calm and peaceful while he himself was so agitated, restless and confused. He asked...
Bridging The Spiritual and Mundane
As I now look at our situation, I distinguish three major domains in which human life participates. One I call the transcendent domain,...
Violence and Nonviolence
"What is violence? What is nonviolence?" the Dalai Lama had once asked me in one of our interviews in Dharamsala. "Very...
Beggarly, Friendly, And Kingly Giving
The greatest gift is the act of giving itself. Traditionally, three kinds of giving are spoken of. There is beggarly giving,...
Micro Moments of Love
It’s time to upgrade our view of love. First and foremost, love is an emotion, a momentary state that arises to infuse your...
We Move in Infinite Space
It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of tension, which we feel as paralysis because we no longer hear our astonished...
The Shambhala Warriors' Weapons
There comes a time when all life on Earth is in danger. Great barbarian powers have arisen. Although these powers spend their wealth...
To Be Simply, Radically, Absolutely Still
Sometimes, in a blessed life, there arises what we call the spiritual search, the search for God, the search for Truth. There is a...
Seven People Cutting Stones
For several weeks strange sounds had drifted over the mountains from the neighboring valley. There was much talk in the village about...
The Gentlest Thing in the World
The gentlest thing in the world is an open mind. Since it doesn't believe what it thinks, it is flexible, porous, without opposition,...
Selfless Climbing versus Ego Climbing
Phaedrus wrote a letter from India about a pilgrimage to holy Mount Kailas, the source of the Ganges and the abode of Shiva, high in the...
The Endless Fertility of Walking
Walking, ideally, is a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned, as though they were three characters finally in...