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(Quote) I've always liked this quote. Recently, I was listening to a dharma talk by Heather Sundberg (wonderful teacher), and she actually made the point that that quote is actually the first half of… (View Post)
I am not familiar with the term "self-cherishing", although I've heard it bandied about here from time to time. It is best to treat any teaching you come across as a heuristic, rather than … (View Post)
(Quote) I disagree. Everyone, no matter what religion, finds his or her own path. We each bring to our practice a learning history, temperament, inclinations, and a life climate that interacts with t… (View Post)
"We cannot live in a world that is not our own, in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a home. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening, to use … (View Post)
The cult of ego-death (annihilationism) is one reason the Buddha was so careful never to state there was no self. When we have the thought that: "There is no I, no me, there never was, and never… (View Post)