Samadhi changes everything. It is how we see directly and accurately, finding happiness and peace. It is how we accept into our own minds the clarity that resolves all delusion. It is how we accept into our own bodies the joy that heals all trauma. It is how we...
Mindfulness is said to be useful everywhere. That means that we can always do it. We can practice it in every circumstance. Too often, people think that they need to hold a specific focus, such as the breath, in order to practice mindfulness. But we can experience...
It is strange that the word appearing most frequently in the context of the Noble Eightfold Path is also the one that gets the least attention: the word “right.” (Meng might joke in response, “I know, right?”) The Pali word translated to right is sammā. ...
Imagine a man holding onto a chain attached to a stake in the ground. He has been circling around that stake for years, walking thousands of miles without going anywhere. There is an end to his imprisonment, which will enable him to live a better life: he...
Not everyone can lift a hundred-pound weight. Some people can, and some people can’t. Some people will never be able to, however hard they try. Similarly, some people can lift a ten-pound weight, while others can’t. But everyone can put the weights down....
