Last week I returned from a weeklong retreat with my teacher and the four other colleagues who form our small community of aspirants. Returning to New York from a Buddhist… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Buddhism
What Makes Life Good
Few people will disagree that life improves with money and love. The more one has of both, the better life is. Of course, it can happen that the pursuit… Read more »
Zen and Goya’s Graphic Imagination
At the time of this writing, my first real outing since Covid struck—other than to my temple in North Carolina—was yesterday. I ventured past my 14-block COVID-safety area to the Metropolitan… Read more »
Renew Your Wind-Swept Spirit With Basho’s Poetry
Self-Renewal happens in spite of our designs. The sun warms mountainsides. Our cells regenerate. With Spring—in New York—comes primeval frustration. Friends shout among themselves with a kind of crazed, ebullient… Read more »
How To Be Zen About Life
A couple of years ago a family friend of mine, in his seventies, said to me, “I don’t give a sh*t about my death. I don’t care.” We were… Read more »
7 Tips to Help You Embark on a Journey of Self Discovery
Self-discovery is the process of asking oneself, “Who am I?” The desire to answer this question is one of the most powerful motivations for meditation. Despite its modern reputation as… Read more »
How To Clear Your Mind For Meditation: 6 Actionable Steps
Most meditation advice online is purely technical. Authors tell you how to clear your mind for meditation, but they only focus on breathing and mental exercises. Such articles do not address… Read more »
Does Meditation Work for Everyone?
According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, meditation can improve psychological balance and assist with the treatment of illnesses. Despite the unfortunate trend of obsessing over complicated… Read more »
How Long Should You Meditate?
Meditation is a method, a tool for self-cultivation. It can be used both as a way to improve yourself in very normal ways and as a spiritual path. You may… Read more »
Can You Meditate Lying Down?
Meditation is a form of sustained concentration. It’s a portal where you can slow down time and ask yourself big existential questions: Who am I? What is my purpose in… Read more »