 Why Genuine Transformation Is Possible
No matter how high the mountains of the great dharma are, no matter how deep the sea of ignorance is, they will be as nothing before a boundless spirit of determination. – Koun Yamada, “Great Faith, Great Doubt, Great Determination |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for January 21, 2019
 I’ve never met many of my best friends. I’ve read them, as if all their words were letters meant for me. You have no idea who’s waiting for your work. Don’t leave them friendless.
– Martha Beck |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for January 09, 2019
 Embracing Groundlessness
It’s not impermanence per se, or even knowing we’re going to die, that is the cause of our suffering, the Buddha taught. Rather, it’s our resistance to the fundamental uncertainty of our situation. Our discomfort arises from all of our effort to put ground under our feet, to realize our dream of constant okayness. – Pema Chodron, “The Fundamental Ambiguity of Being Human” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for January 05, 2019
 An Ever-Present Refuge
Love and compassion make us feel safe because they express the safety of their source–the deep buddhanature within us, the unchanging inner space of primal awareness that cannot be harmed. By receiving unconditional love and compassion from those who’ve awakened before us, we sense that we too can relax into the very source of such love in the unconditioned nature of our minds, our buddhanature. – John Makransky, “Aren’t We Right to be Angry?” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for December 29, 2018
 Mindful Breathing
Mindful breathing helps you see your anger, your frustration, your suffering. When you breathe mindfully, you practice looking deeply into yourself. You are made of feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness. Your true nature is what–if not these things? Because it is wrong perceptions that make you suffer, and if you don’t know the nature of your own perceptions, you are not likely to get free of your suffering. So your true nature is the nature of your feelings, your perceptions, your mental formations, and your consciousness. – Thich Nhat Hanh, “Interbeing with Thich Nhat Hanh” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for December 14, 2018
 Election Day
Voting is a manifestation of the law of interdependence: Each of our actions, no matter how small, affects the whole cosmos. Our votes count. – Susan Moon, “Ten Practices to Change the World” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for December 08, 2018
 All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relationship to everything else.
– Buddha |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for December 05, 2018
 The Pursuit of Happiness
It’s our nature to want happiness and not want suffering. Thus, Buddhists do not ask that one give up the pursuit of happiness, but merely suggest that one become more intelligent about how happiness is pursued. – Jeffrey Hopkins, “Equality” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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Mini Mindfulness Break for November 19, 2018
 Continuous Mind
If we believe that mind is continuous, our love for others becomes continuous. If we recognize this continuity, we do not trust temporary, tangible circumstances or take them too seriously. – Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, “Continuous Mind” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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