I practiced with the Kwan Um School of Zen, in Chicago, then in LA. They often recited the Bodhisattva Vows (a Bodhisattva is an aspiring...

Read a quote somewhere from the book “Cultivating the Empty Field” - about the Chinese Zen (Chan) Master Hongzhi: “Silent illumination,...

Woke up really early the other morning - needed to get 3-4 more hours of sleep. Returned to bed, tried being aware of breathing, relaxing...

(Had a very busy day, working with new software, tackling the learning curve, doing some necessary planning / decision-making. Toward the...

The Buddha taught that there is no ongoing, abiding thing in anyone or anything that can be called a “self”. That which we call “self” is...

In his book, “The Sound of Silence”, Ajahn Sumedho says that, better than taking refuge in changing conditions, like happenings, our...

We talk about letting go of thoughts, letting go of clinging, etc. I think it’s important to distinguish “letting go” from making these...

Practicing mindfulness in daily life is like a mix - a ratio of letting go and awareness. Yesterday, it felt like the letting go...

Getting (back) into “A Still Forest Pool” by Achan Cha. On p. 2: “The heart of the path is so simple. No need for long explanations. Give...

Making the switch from the very common mindless way of life to the mindfulness way is a radical change in who’s in charge - a coup...

Open to thoughts that come in, even negative, complaining ones. Shining bare awareness on them, they are acknowledged, then they fade...

Woke up and read a blurb about intention - from Tricycle’s Buddha fest 2019 announcement: “Everything Hangs on Intention: How to Align...

(Said moment-to-moment) Drop your agendas and be here now!

Reading stuff about Seuhn Sahn in Jon Kabat-Zinnʻs book “Coming Back to Our Senses”…today, remembered about his / Kwan Umʻs core...

Thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life next… Checking out my mindfulness songs and thinking about the talk-with-music thing,...

Vow Reminding is needed every day, especially days that are filled with events. With daily repetition, remembering will become more...

Main Purpose and Practice Doing mindfulness practice - being aware of thoughts that come, letting them go / coming back to this moment,...

I practiced meditation (sitting, walking, chanting, everyday-life-mindfulness) for many years, but, due to an error, only got so far.*...

We want to practice mindfulness, and that means being present in this moment, rather than lost in thought. But thoughts invariably come...

Even when we’ve been practicing coming back to this moment, there can be times when difficult situations - problems in relationships, for...