Did I disappoint you? Or leave a bad taste in your mouth? You act like you never had love And you want me to go without Well it’s Too late Tonight To drag the past out into the light We’re one, but we’re not the same We get to carry each other carry each other [...]

To be, or not to be–that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep– No more–and by a sleep to say we end The heartache, and the [...]

A few years ago, I conducted research on Buddhism and addiction at The Wat Thamkrabok Monastery in Southern Thailand. Within the monastery is a drug rehabilitation center that uses only Buddhist philosophy, meditation, and herbal remedies to “cure” addiction. The monastery was built in 1949 during the opium trade in Southeast Asia. Since then, the [...]

photo credit: Kanani Ann Daley You fit into me like a hook into an eye a fish hook an open eye -Margaret Atwood My old home had a vicious cross breeze that often blew open the kitchen cabinets and tossed things from the dining table. One day, the wind blew over a full glass of [...]

I was raised Roman Catholic and for the first nine years of my schooling I went to a Catholic School. We had confession twice a month, said rosaries, and opened some morning lessons with The Lord’s Prayer. Every spring our religious studies would shift focus towards Easter. We were often asked to give something up [...]

Raga, attachment, and dvesha, aversion, both function to satisfy and perpetuate the existence of the ahamkara (I-Maker), whose main function is asmita, or egotism. In reverse we see that the ahamkara uses attachment and aversion to keep us stuck in the grooves of our latent impressions, or samskaras. Basically, asmita/ahamkara is afraid of dying. We’re [...]

A little late, but thanks to everyone who came to last month’s satsang and made it such a beautiful experience. It was so nice to share and connect with those students who came. Yoko and I were really impressed with the genuine and heartfelt comments people made. Last month’s Satsang focused on citta or mind [...]