Indigenous Intelligence
My mother used to tell me a Jain story when I was a child: Adam was lost in the jungle, and there he encountered two wild elephants....
The Integrity of True Beauty
Thought is an amazing thing: it can be a mirror, a lens, a bridge, a wall, a window, a ladder or a house. There is nothing in the world...
The Japanese Word, Mu
Yes and no…this or that…one or zero. In the basis of this elementary two-term discrimination, all human knowledge is built...
Beginning Right Here and Now
Having been jolted out of the comfortable inertia of our previous religious and scientific dicta by decades of discoveries into the...
The Humility in True Genius
A universal characteristic of genius is humility; after all, those in whom we recognize genius commonly disclaim it, as they’ve...
Knowing When to Improvise
A successful life involves both planning and improvising. Sometimes we actually do need a script. Those scripts that are working well for...
Bridging Practice and Non-Practice
We have many compartments in our lives. When we practice sitting meditation and when we do not practice sitting, these two periods of...
From Peace: 12 Reflections On The Path
There is no glimpse of the light without walking the path. You can't get it from anyone else, nor can you give it to anyone. Just...
The Highest Spiritual Path
The highest spiritual path is life itself. If you know how to live daily life, it all becomes a liberating experience. But first you have...
Showing Up For Life
The way we walk into a room says a lot about the way we live our lives. When we walk into a room curious about what's happening, willing...
Real Security is a Process
Why are we suddenly a nation and a people who strive for security above all else? In fact, security is essentially elusive, impossible....
The Art of Staying in Balance
The most difficult thing, the almost impossible thing for the mind, is to remain in the middle, to remain balanced. And to move from one...