They had no money, no income, and only a handful of students. This was the beginning of the Insight Meditation Society.
In a changing world, certainty doesn’t give us stability; it just creates more chaos. “Now is the time for far less certainty and far more curiousity.”
“When we talk about needing “room,” we are of course looking for open space. But if we are looking for a room, we are looking for an enclosed space.”
Zen Buddhist priest Norman Fischer gives a commentary on “Te Shan Holds His Bowl”, a Zen koan.
Have you ever looked closely at your shoes? Take a look at them and you will discover how you move through the world. Most of us tend to lean into the space in front of us. If you live in a big city you may notice that your entire body presses forward just to get […]
Lawrence Pintak tells the compelling stories of three African-American dharma teachers. He asks them why American Buddhism attracts so few people of color and what can be done about it.
The wheel of dharma. Photo by saamiblog.“Friends, there is suffering.” These words represent the beginning of the Buddha’s first teaching after his enlightenment.
David Swick on the ups and downs and ups of his first Goenka vipassana meditation course.
If we feel we’re changing in ways we don’t like then we need time to think-about where we are now and how we might start to change things.
Barry Boyce visits Niagara Falls.
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