Category: Buddhist Wisdom
Where Business Looks for Answers
As our world grows more chaotic and unpredictable, says Margaret Wheatley, we're asking questions that can only be answered by spiritual traditions.
The Buddha’s Noble First Teaching
Tulku Thondup on the four simple and practical statements that encompass the entire Buddhist path, the Buddha's Four Noble Truths.
What is This Me?
Are we interested in exploring this amazing affair of ‘myself’ from moment to moment?
What Is Prajna?
Wisdom, says Judy Lief, is not about answers. It's about the power of questioning, about developing a great inquisitiveness that cuts through all solidity and self-deception.
The Buddha’s Bravery
According to Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, to have the definite intention to emerge from samsara is an act of warriorship, a way of dealing with our fear of death.
The Practice of Karma
Reginald A. Ray on how T'hrinlay Wangmo transformed an horrific incident into a situation of blessing through her understanding of karma.
You Are Avalokiteshvara
Eric Holm on how visualization practice helps us overcome ego and pacify obstacles. Includes “A Visualization Practice: Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion.” The buddhadharma is renowned for its skillful methods of meditative training. In Vajrayana Buddhism, many of these methods are based on the visualization of archetypal wisdom forms, or deities. Visualization practices come from…
It’s Time to Listen
Margaret Wheatley discusses how to heal in the months following the tragedy of September 11, 2001.
Don’t Be So Sure
In a changing world, certainty doesn't give us stability; it just creates more chaos. "Now is the time for far less certainty and far more curiousity."
What did Yan T’ou Whisper? A Commentary on “Te Shan Holds His Bowl”
Zen Buddhist priest Norman Fischer gives a commentary on "Te Shan Holds His Bowl", a Zen koan.