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Written by David Nichtern
âThe entire Buddhist path is based on the discovery of egolessness and the maturing of insight or knowledge that comes from egolessness.â
â Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Journe...
Written by David Nichtern
I had a major epiphany once while playing with our familyâs chocolate toy poodle, Leroy Brown. I realized that heâs just trying to be happy. Sometimes when heâs trying to be...
Written by David Nichtern
Three separate but synchronous conversations led me to recently explore the topic of contentment.
The first was with childhood friend and fellow musician, Christopher Guest...
Written by David Nichtern
Boredom is an underrated experience in the modern world. The rate at which new information, new opportunities, new entertainment, new distractions are coming towards us is a...
Written by David Nichtern
It seems that almost everyone I know feels that they are racing against time, even those of us who are meditation teachers! Our world is rich and diverse and there are so ma...
Written by David Nichtern
The practice of meditation allows us to look directly at who we are. It has a kind of naive quality to it in that we donât assume anything. Buddhist practice is similar to t...
Written by David Nichtern
Some say we human beings are the custodians of this planet Earth. Many ancient traditions, both Asian and European, have held the view that the role of the leader includes h...
Written by David Nichtern
In Buddhism, there is a lot of discussion about cultivating mindfulness and awareness. In a nutshell, mindfulness is the ability to pay attention to something, to hold your ...
Written by David Nichtern
The practice of cultivating loving-kindness (maitri in Sanskrit and metta in Pali) is a Buddhist approach toward opening oneâs heart to others. It is very ancient, very simp...
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