Mindfulness in Plain English, Bhante Gunaratana
There are so many gems in the book, Mindfulness in Plain English. I read it last spring for the first time, in preparation for spending two months at Bhavana Society. It begins: Meditation: Why Bother? Meditation is not easy. It takes time and it takes energy. It also takes grit, determination, and discipline. It requires […]
Loving Kindness ~ Steven Levine
Loving Kindness Traditionally practitioners start with themselves, then a benefactor or spiritual teacher, then people who are easy to love, then a neutral person and finally a difficult person. I typically practice for 10 minutes a day – usually just cultivating loving kindness for myself and then I choose one person with whom I am […]
The Observer – Uganda’s first Buddhist monk
Many Ugandans travel to India for a university education expecting to return with a degree. But what happens when a child returns in not three but seven years’ time, and not with a degree but as a Buddhist yogi? This is the story of Venerable Bhikku Buddharakkhita, Uganda’s first and only Buddhist monk. Born in […]
