“Taking notes as my life unfolds keeps me from feeling interchangeable with others. In the act of preserving the details of my experience, I define myself.”
Gehlek Rinpoche’s Remarkable Journey
Gelek Rinpoche. Photo by Gyuto-naut.From his warm and easy manner, it’s hard to imagine that Gehlek Rinpoche spent years wrestling with temptations and doubt – or that he’s an incarnate lama.
Entering the Marketplace with Helping Hands
Fred Kofman, a leading organizational theorist, argues that the essential spirit of business is not greed and self-advancement but compassion, even love.
Frolic and Detours
“The straight and narrow path will allow us to put food on the table,” says Barry Boyce. “But to frolic and to detour is no offense. It is a requirement.”
Take a Grain of Salt and See Me in the Morning
Chris Stewart-Patterson, M.D., on some guidelines on thinking critically about treatments and their efficacy.
Waiting. Waiting. For What?
“Meditation, then, can show us our true and genuine life, with its freedom, its abundant creativity, and its joy.”
Good Head and Shoulders
“The good news is that the connection of heart and head can be reestablished through increased shoulder mobility.”
The Buddha’s Noble First Teaching
Photo by rainchurchTulku Thondup on the four simple and practical statements that encompass the entire Buddhist path, the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths.
Webs and Boundaries
By Margaret Wheatley "Puzzling and messy situations often provoke flight," says Margaret Wheatley. "But confusion can create the conditions for insights to appear, often when we least expect them." The dense and tangled web of life—the interconnected nature of reality—reveals itself daily. Since September 11, think of how much you’ve learned of people, cultures and nations […]
Holding Hands in the Shrine Room
“My plan for the columns to come is to address topics in which psychological understanding and spiritual practice are mutually supportive.”



