from the first moment of meditation we have a chance to question our assumptions - or to follow them blindly into the confusion they generate
Category: Pieces
What the life of the Buddha tells us about our own path to freedom
Siddhartha, the Buddha-to-be, had a particular and extreme upbringing. What can we learn from comparing his life with our own?
My Place of Safety
Our underlying nature is fearlessness - having nothing to defend, being nothing vulnerable. How can we offer others this peace?
What is meant by holy or sacred?
Is sacredness something real? What is holy in a person, place or object? Can we find this in the pragmatic and experiential sphere of Dharma?
Natural response to insight arising
Insight is itself a not-self not-other experience... a not-self not-other gratefulness experience is a natural response.
Arising and Ceasing
"Whatever is subject to arising is subject to ceasing" - how is this a revelation of the Deathless?
Pranidhanas, praying, visualising: what works?
Is praying a denial of karma? Results without a cause?
Progressive Stages of Experiencing Emptiness
What is, and what is not, enlightenment? Don't get off at the wrong stop!
Death: The Big Picture
What can we know about death - before doing it?
Commentary on a verse of “Death – The End?”
What is death not the end of?