prose

  • Light
    Light cannot be seen, it can only be known. Light is still. The sense of sight cannot respond to stillness. That which the eyes “feel” and believe to be Light is but wave motion simulating the idea of Light...” read on »
    Interview with Acharya Samuel Bercholz
    “Sam is a long-time student of Buddhism, receiving teachings and empowerments from many of the great Tibetan teachers of the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages. He was a close student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche...” read on »
  • Why Meditate?
    “Meditation is a way of settling in oneself, at the innermost core of your being. Once you have found the center of your existence, you will have found both your roots and your wings...” read on »
  • Knowledge and Experience
    “There is a big difference between knowledge and experience. It is possible for one to have knowledge without any experience, or one might have experience without having knowledge. Knowledge here is referring to intellectual knowledge, not absolute knowledge...” read on »
  • Heart to Heart
    “An edited excerpt from oral teachings given by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche during Ligmincha Institute's Winter Retreat, 2002.
    Student:

    How does one know for sure that one is abiding in the nature of mind...” read on »

  • The Human Aspiration
    “The earliest preoccupation of man in his awakened thoughts and, as it seems, his inevitable and ultimate preoccupation, — for it survives the longest periods of scepticism and returns after every banishment...” read on »
  • Compassion
    “We have a saying and it translates to something like this: "Having  compassion is like trading places with another person."  When you put yourself in the other person's place, then you'll naturally feel what is needed of you...” read on »
  • The Healing Power Of Sound
    “Sound is important in many spiritual traditions - but, you point out, it can also be used in healing. How is sound used in healing in the Tibetan tradition?” read on »
  • The Truth About Love
    “It is a distraction to look for Mr. & Miss Right. Mr. & Miss Right are right in front of us, all the time...” read on »
  • Introduction to Sufi
    “The age-old mystic philosophy known to-day in the East mainly in the different Sufi Orders, was given to the world by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan as the Sufi Message...” read on »
  • The Oil We Eat
    “The journalist’s rule says: follow the money. This rule, however, is not really axiomatic but derivative, in that money, as  even our vice president will tell you, is really a way of tracking energy. We’ll follow the energy....” read on »
  • Eulogy of a fallen soldier...
    “He said he wanted to be a writer, and he drank Tullamore Dew in his barracks room. His favorite pair of shoes has been high-top Chuck Taylor's for as long as I can remember....” read on »
  • The Sound of Silence
    “When you find a moment of silence, you can see it in two ways. One way is to see what is not there...” read on »
  • Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1
    “We live in a deep illusion — the illusion of hope, of future, of tomorrow. As man is, man cannot exist without self-deceptions...” read on »