Monthly Archives: September 2012

In order to carry out a practice—such as constantly watching the mind—you should form a determination, make a pledge, right when you wake up: “Now, for the rest of this...

One of the problems we have is feeling poverty-stricken. To overcome that, we have to be direct, and we have to trust ourselves. We are not poverty-stricken. If we are...

hundreds of gourds
all coming from the heart
of a single vine
hyaku nari ya
tsuru hitsuji no
kokoro yori
Kaga no Chiyo

The Art of Haiku: Its History through Poems and Paintings by Japanese Masters...

For one day (or one day a week), refrain from something you habitually do to run away, to escape. Pick something concrete, such as overeating or excessive sleeping or overworking...

You don’t need to rely on anybody else’s goodness. You have a resource already, which is your own goodness. Your are already good, and you can actually transmit that goodness...