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In order to act wisely, we have to be free from anger, free from
In order to act wisely, we have to be free from anger, free from hostility, free from resentment. Unfortunately, even in the efforts being made to ban...

If there is one thing I would say to the young people of the
If there is one thing I would say to the young people of the world, it is this: don’t ever lose your ideals. Time has a subtle way of stealing them ...

The science of ecology teaches us that everything in the universe
The science of ecology teaches us that everything in the universe is connected. We cannot separate ourselves from the consequences of even the least o...

Ahimsa is usually translated as nonviolence, but this is
Ahimsa is usually translated as nonviolence, but this is misleading and falls far short of the real significance of the word. When all violence has su...

One of the greatest benefits of meditation is that it releases the
One of the greatest benefits of meditation is that it releases the precious faculty of redirecting our love and attention from our little selves so it...

Training the mind to avoid repeating wrong choices is rather like
Training the mind to avoid repeating wrong choices is rather like giving the body a vaccine. The reason you don’t get chicken pox more than once, sc...

This mind of ours is constantly chugging away, even when it is
This mind of ours is constantly chugging away, even when it is doing nothing. To be able to turn it off and let it rest without thought is to be in he...

In me, in you – in every human being – burns a spark of pure
In me, in you – in every human being – burns a spark of pure compassion: not physical or even mental, but deeply spiritual. Our bodies may belong ...

Bearing with people is the essence of nonviolence. To do this with
Bearing with people is the essence of nonviolence. To do this with a feeling of martyrdom, however, is not very helpful; we need to bear with people c...