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TEDTalk: Matthieu Ricard: How to let altruism be your guide. What
TEDTalk: Matthieu Ricard: How to let altruism be your guide. What is altruism? Put simply, its the wish that other people may be happy. Altruism is th...

For thousands of years people in Western cultures have been
For thousands of years people in Western cultures have been wrestling with the illusions we’ve spun from our dualistic mindsets and beliefs. It’s ...

Love the earth and sun and the animals, Despise riches, give alms
Love the earth and sun and the animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Have patience and indulgen...

When awareness is focused on the body’s energy field (Ch’i or
When awareness is focused on the body’s energy field (Ch’i or qi 氣 in Chinese), on breathing, slow movements or outward on the here and now, we ...

The basic laws of the universe are simple, but because our senses
The basic laws of the universe are simple, but because our senses are limited, we can’t grasp them. There is a pattern in creation. If we look at t...

“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment o...

True silence is not an acquisition, a prized object to be gained
True silence is not an acquisition, a prized object to be gained after some long struggle. Rather, it is what is already true of us — our own native...

“If you see yourself in the correct way, you are all as much
“If you see yourself in the correct way, you are all as much extraordinary phenomena of nature as trees, clouds, the patterns in running water, the ...