Serving others doesn’t have to be grand

Serving others doesn’t have to be grand. Extending a warm gesture to someone that we don’t even know—say, on the bus—can make a tremendous difference to that person. It can bring them out of a deep place of isolation. Together, we share a moment of humanity. It’s priceless. In his film Land of Silence and... Continue Reading →

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There is suffering

We’re told that the great yogis of the past, including Milarepa, Yeshe Tsogyal, and Bodhidharma, spent years practicing austerities, such as sitting naked on snowy mountaintops and cutting off their eyelids so they wouldn’t fall asleep in meditation. As we practitioners struggle with our experience, we may begin to associate meditation with suffering. We may... Continue Reading →

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