The Eight Winds Cannot Move Me

Su Dongpo was a Song Dynasty poet and government official in Guazhou. Though the Yangzi River separated…

Corona, Capitalism and Compassion — Saga of a Strange loop.

Compassionate Speech

When we see our loved ones in shock, enduring suffering, fear and loss of their loved ones, we immediately pitch in to…

Man and his Symbols

“As scientific understanding has grown, so our world has become dehumanized. Man feels himself isolated in the cosmos…

The Great Bell Chant

“May the sound of this bell

14 Ways of Engaged Buddhism by Thich Nhat Hanh

1. Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology…

Are you sure?

“Many arguments and conflicts come about because we are so sure of our own thoughts and perceptions.

Birth of New Human

What is now unthinkable was once a norm. It was acceptable back then, for our ancestors to own a slave (Washington owned one…

Causal power of Loving kindness

When I posted about sending loving kindness into this world, and to our enemies, many ask me about the…

He who would nurse me, let him nurse the sick

The story of the Buddha and the sick monk is further evidence that the Buddha’s…