And God created every living creature that now moveth, and one was man. Mud as man alone could speak. God leaned close as mud as man sat up, looked around, and spoke. Man blinked. "What is the purpose of all this?" he asked politely. "Everything must have a purpose?" asked...
Every Little Thing if every little thing that you did made a difference would you do things a little different? if every thing that you said built the world would you be the sacred keeper of your word? would you believe me if I told you you’re the reason we are here? would there be meaning to your...
So in the Buddhist teachings they say that the root of the problem...
Thirty years later, you'd think I'd be really good at it (meditation). Well, in some sense, I am really good at it; but what I've learned is, that doesn't mean that I'm not thinking all the time. That's a strange thing. I seem to have an extremely busy...
We absolutely insist on enjoying life. We try not to indulge in cynicism over the state of the nations, nor do we carry the world's troubles on our shoulders...
When fear arrives, when insecurity arises, when we feel groundless, what happens? Does is set off this chain reaction of aggression, which actually just intensifies our fear and our paranoia and our insecurity; or, these teachings that Trungpa Rinpoche gave - and the basic instruction was: face toward it....
People who think they're in the ordinary world of causality think that what they are, is the product of their past. No. The reality is that it's the potentiality of what you've chosen to become that is pulling you into the present. So anybody listening to a program...
Our group was in Nepal, building another school. And we always stay with families there. Never a hotel. And this family, the conditions were so poor. Their floor was cow dung. They had one piece of furniture - a bench in the kitchen so they could keep some...
Peel away all the layers of an onion, and at the center you will find emptiness; peel away all the layers of a human being, and at the center you will find the seed of God. I believe that God has to be known by looking in the mirror. Deepak...
Am I better off making up an alternate reality in my mind and then fighting with reality to make it be my way, or am I better off letting go of what I want and serving the same forces of reality that managed to create the entire perfection...