Buddhism

The Long Game

“It’s time to eat your vegetables,” a friend had said when I was deciding what to do about a trip. When I asked her what she meant, she...

Mister Monk’s Neighborhood

Everybody’s talking about Mister Rogers. The documentary, the Tom Hanks’ movie, and a handful of books about him released just this year...

Dying Joyfully

I haven’t been present for any human deaths, but I was for the passing of my sweet cat Oreo. Once I knew it was time, I created for...

The Trade of Compassion

Oh, compassion. I was ready for this talk. Recently I’ve been trying to stay busy do-gooding: I’d volunteered at the Ballard Food Bank...

What’s Buddhism Got to Do with It?

“Make a series of smart choices,” I’d said to a friend before he left on a bender weekend in New Orleans. He laughed and said, “I’ll...

Love Me in Between

This week’s talk at Kadampa Meditation Center was on understanding our mind of love. The monk said the definition of the mind of love is...

One Good Day

This is the first reflection of a six-week series on “Creating a Meaningful Life” at Kadampa Meditation Center. Actually it’s a...

I Read 17 Books on Buddhism, Meditation, and Mindfulness in Two Months. Here’s What I Think I Know.

Life is suffering. Well, thank God. Now it makes sense. It is also happiness. But happiness and suffering are cyclical or wave-like,...