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“Spiritual Friendship”

There is a word for spiritual friendship. Kalyana-mitra, or “good friend”, is the concept behind all of our work in encouraging others and spurring on our own exploration. Being fully present [...]

5 Wisdom Transformations

For decades I have searched for teachings on how the 5 personality flaws (anger, neediness, ignorance, egotism, envy) are said to be transformed into the 5 parts of wisdom. Just [...]

Snow blowing off the mountain

by Jason Anders The image of snow blowing off the mountain seems to jump right out and speak to me. The past blows away like that to reveal a hidden [...]

21st Century Religion?

Religion can be said to be humanity’s attempt to know the unknowable and control the uncontrollable. Religion also entails a belief that reality is underpinned by some absolute external supernatural [...]

Being Aware of the Mind’s Process

Did you ever have a nightmare so real that you actually felt rescued upon awakening? You felt a deep sense of joy and liberation when you realized it was “only [...]

Earthquake Victims in Tibet

April 14 was Rumiko’s and my 30th wedding anniversary. We celebrated with joy and then were dismayed to hear about the Tibetan earthquake tragedy that day. More than 1,700 people [...]
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