the urgency of finding one’s aim in life

May 20, 2020 0 Comments 11 tags
What are you doing with the minutes and hours of this life? What are you making of yourself as the ...

why do we want to let go of our emotions?

August 29, 2019 0 Comments 3 tags
To practice the quality of equanimity, it is important to learn how to stop being a slave of one's emotions. ...

where is self? the meaning of ‘anata’ or non-self

August 1, 2019 0 Comments 3 tags
We are so worried, so constantly anxious, running as fast as we can in circles round our little Self. It’s ...

“are you lonely too?” let us talk of loneliness

July 24, 2019 0 Comments 5 tags
I have this problem that keeps coming back: I am desperately lonely.   I need to be loved, and I’m not. ...

the source of right and wrong – the correct practice of sila

May 3, 2019 0 Comments 11 tags
Not to do any evil, to cultivate good, to purify one’s mind: This is the teaching of the Buddha. It ...

three ways to be more honest with yourself

March 25, 2019 2 Comments 10 tags
Honesty is one of the most basic and essential qualities that we look for in others. A liar and hypocrite ...

how to be a mechanic of the mind

January 20, 2019 0 Comments 9 tags
Today happened this. We were lifting a big beam into the ceiling with the whole team. They are so heavy ...

the trouble with going to live in a cave

December 29, 2018 0 Comments 12 tags
There is a story about a man who has a wife, whom he dearly loves, and yet every time he ...

“We are as we are…”

October 20, 2018 0 Comments 4 tags
One cold evening this week, a group of us stayed up until midnight repairing a lot of headlamps, which were ...

the ear of an elephant

October 1, 2018 0 Comments 7 tags
When you watch Ajan listening to someone, it’s quite a sight to behold. He sits leaning forward in his chair, ...