Category Buddhism

Building concentration is like sharpening the sword that cuts off the head of delusion. On its own, concentration doesn’t get you anywhere. But concentration can

Too long I was told that the spiritual path is dry and intellectual. That wisdom is cold. But I have seen with my own eyes that in the hands of great masters, wisdom is warm and full of humor. –…

Nature, earth, the world—whatever you call it—is not simply something I am on but something I am. It is not outside of me: it is me, and I am it. – Paul Kingsnorth, “The Witness”

The role of awareness is the gathering of data. . . . When we have enough data for the problem at hand, the solution will always come. – Sayadaw U Tejaniya, “Dissecting Anger in the Dharma Hall”

Beginning again and again is the actual practice, not a problem to be overcome so that one day we can come to the “real” meditation. – Sharon Salzberg, “How to Forgive: A Meditation”