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Self-love, self-kindness, and non-self
Some wrote to me recently and asked two questions, which boiled down to: Did the Buddha teach self-love? Is loving yourself contrary to seeing through the illusion of self? There was a third question, but it was a little quirky, and so I’ll deal with it at the end. First, I explained that these days…
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Keep your feet on the ground with mindful news consumption
A friend of mine recently went on a trip to visit a friend and to do some sightseeing. The effects of this on her mental health were amazing — and she ascribes much of the benefit of that to having spent less time imbibing the news. Actually, imbibing isn’t the right word. Right now, taking…
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Self-compassion for troubling times
At the moment lot of people are suffering more than usual. They are anxious, exhausted, and overwhelmed about the awful things going on in the world. They’re often glued to the news and steeped in the commentary that takes place on social media, their amygdalas on overdrive and their endocrine systems jangling with adrenaline. I…
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Mythbusting the Buddha as a prince
Many Americans like to “do” a Scottish accent. These attempts all sound the same, but none of them are particularly like an actual Scottish person. The thing is that when an American does a Scottish accent, they are not imitating any Scot they have ever heard — they are imitating another American doing a Scottish…
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Create a space of compassion, and live from it
In the immediate aftermath of the US presidential election, most people I know were shocked. Since then they seem to be making emotional adjustments, which is good. This is no doubt partly to do with the nature of emotions themselves. Emotions are created by the way we interpret and think about the world. At first, all…
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Mythbusting the Buddha’s “four sights”
Just as virtually any book about the Buddha and his teachings tells us that he was a prince (the first myth I tackled), we’re also told that he renounced his kingdom because he saw “four sights.” This is the myth I want to tackle here. The story of the four sights The traditional story goes…
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Staying sane in turbulent times
Especially for those who live in the US, there’s a huge amount going on politically. Many supporters of Donald Trump may be delighted by current events, but the rest of us are alarmed, or arguably should be. Violent criminals, including some that assaulted police officers and one who ran an online drugs market, have been…
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Find peace with “Sitting With Bodhi”
I warmly invite you to join me in an innovative meditation course. The focus in these 42 guided meditations is learning to calm our restless minds and learning to evoke a pervading sense of peace and calmness that we can bring into our daily lives. Sitting With Bodhi is a unique concept. There are no…
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