Photo by Eddie Wong.John Tarrant introduces a modern Bodhisattva of Compassion, as found in Mike Leigh’s latest film, Happy-Go-Lucky.
John Tarrant on the subjectivity of labels like “enemy” and “crazy,” and the effect of adding a question mark.
John Tarrant looks at the websites, FMyLife, MyLifeIsG, and MyLifeIsAverage, as windows to everyday, mundane, suffering.
John Tarrant remembers meeting actor Sam Worthington and the value of not holding back or worrying about outcomes.
There are surprising parallels between the noble truths of Buddhism and money guru Suze Orman’s advice on getting real financially.
Photo by Deborah Wilbanks (OTRS submission by Deborah Wilbanks) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsJohn Tarrant looks at Susan Boyle as pop culture example of embarrassment and social acceptance.
Meditation, financial crisis — they are made for each other. John Tarrant collected stories about how people dealt with the 2008 financial crisis.
In the last of the famed ox-herding pictures, the disciple returns to the world with open, helping hands. That includes the messy, neurotic, imperfect world of politics, the very place where the bodhisattva way is practiced and our realization is put on the line.
Photo via CIFOR on Flickr.Is there a way we can extend and deepen these moments of awakened mind that coexist with our confusion? Or even just notice them when they occur? That’s the point of Buddhist meditation, which is never about doing or creating anything. We simply rest in everything as it is. It sounds so easy, yet nothing is more profound or mysterious.
Sudden awakening can come gradually, almost imperceptibly, or in a sudden, life-altering flash. When will it happen to you and what—donkey, broom, or morning star—will trigger it?
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