If you want relief from suffering, choose a path that requires your full surrender and that leads to the unraveling of deep inner knots....

A newborn baby is like a field full of seeds. Which seeds will germinate and whether the new shoots will be healthy and strong, depends...

It is easy to preach about the need for compassion. Everyone is doing it right now. But until we are able to show compassion and kindness...

Although a well-trodden path is a witness of all those who have walked it before, and thus gives the impression that it is well-tried and...

If you believe that others are responsible for your reactions and behaviour, or if you rely on them to be cheerful and happy, be sure...

Photo credit: Zi Wei Yao We need to change our minds about what we consider to be the most precious legacy we leave to future...

Photo credit: 2000-lightyearsfromhome If a teacher always meets the needs of your Ego, find another teacher. A good teacher does not try...

People live a life of illusion in which the mind serves as a canvas on which the Ego presents its own productions. For some this would be...

When we address the spiritual Path, we never talk about the journey inward or outward, east or west, north or south, deep or high, but we...

Since people keep hearing that everything is interrelated and is influencing each other, they believe that they fully understand it. But...

It is never too late to start working on ourselves, but certainly one of the most important moments for that is when the newborn enters...

When people hear of the practice of non-attachment, they believe that such practice denies love and relationship. But it's rather the...

All awakened teachings speak of the same thing. However, the level they address, or language and style they use will always be coloured...

Zen practice that stays on Zafu is like a child who has still not learned to walk. Doka Sensei Credits to Artist the State Hermitage...

Photo credit: Yizui Dongli All people are enlightened, and all have an inherent Buddha nature, but not all will awaken to realise this....

Photo credit: Svoboda Andreeva Life is not there to pamper you or to make you happy. Its purpose is to raise your consciousness so that...

People mistakenly believe that the path to the highest existence ends with spiritual awakening. But even when unity with the One is...

Nothing has ever happened in the Past. Nothing will ever happen in the Future. Everything that was, is and will be can only happen - Now....

As long as we stay in the "I don't know" state, our minds remain receptive and therefore closer to a deeper understanding. But if we try...

Photo credits: Tim Booth Pure compassion is a manifestation of ultimate love. Doka Sensei