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June 2024

June 08, 2024

Suffering: The Broken Wheel

“The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have...

September 2023

September 08, 2023

The Questions of Naga King Sagara

I’d like to explore a Sutra with you. This is a text called The Questions...

August 2023

August 22, 2023

When Life Punches You In The Face (recorded talk)

This is a talk I gave at the Rime Center on 8 Dharma talk given...

November 2022

November 22, 2022

The Suffering of Covid-19

One night while I was teaching my Dhammapada class for the Rime Center, I noticed...

June 2022

June 23, 2022

Training in Compassion

“Compassion has the power to bring harshness and cruelty to an end; compassion heals our...

February 2022

February 28, 2022

Compassion for Ourselves

“An important aspect of self-compassion is to be able to empathetically hold both parts of...

May 2021

May 28, 2021

The Second Arrow

Today I’m going to talk about the second arrow. It’s this old teaching about how...

December 2020

December 07, 2020

The Buddha and the Truth About Suffering

Today I’m going to talk to you about the Buddha. I think that at times...

March 2018

March 20, 2018

Rough and Tumbling Stream

True Dharma seekers who live in the world use their daily activity as a polishing...

December 2017

December 20, 2017

The Last Temptation of the Buddha

I'm going to relate to you what was my favorite Bible story when I was...

November 2017

November 06, 2017

“When I Cause My Own Suffering….” (Reader Question)

A reader asked me a question and I thought I'd answer it here. Reader says:...

July 2017

July 07, 2017

Lojong Point 4: Make Practice Your Life

This group of slogans is connected with the perfection of diligence. Diligence means that we...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

The Marks of Existence

Understanding of the three marks of existence comes about as a result of our dedicated...

March 23, 2017

Patterns That Lead to Suffering

Understanding how our suffering works is one way to deal with it. We can understand...

March 20, 2017

The Four Seals

This is a list of the four aspects of philosophy that all sects of Buddhism...

March 06, 2017

Anxiety and Baggage

We cause all sorts of problems in our lives because of basic sense of dissatisfaction...

March 02, 2017

Inner Exploration

In Buddhism we are following a path of exploration. This is not an exploration of...

June 2016

June 14, 2016

Loss and the Spiritual Path

The First Noble Truth is that Life is Suffering. I think a lot of us...

May 2016

May 02, 2016

Why Did You Become A Buddhist?

I tell two different stories about how I discovered Buddhism. One of them is that...

April 2016

April 18, 2016

The Buddha and The Truth About Suffering

The Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama said he didn't teach religion. Maybe he wasn't trying to start...