Despite our rich Western society and “all you can get“ life style, feeling miserable is a common complain. Of course, there are cases when misery is obvious and our duty is to help others the best we can. For the lucky ones we are privileged and yet, quite often, we do not appreciate or realize it. There […]

Perceptions are input to the mind and emotions are output. Both are instantaneous, non-stoppable and impossible to master. Both control our subsequent behavior before any rational thinking can intervene. Because perceptions are either right or wrong they can play bizarre tricks on us. How often are your perceptions right or wrong? It is impossible to answer […]

“Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.” – Shunryu Suzuki. Mindfulness: simply means to pay attention, moment to moment to what you are doing and where you are without having your mind elsewhere. The word is a poor translation of the Pali word “ Sati” meaning to be […]

The Zen Buddhist literature does not specifically answer this question but rather looks at its attributes and attitudes, which constitute true or genuine love. Here are the love attributes described by the Buddha himself during his 50 years verbal teaching 2500 years ago. “Practicing loving kindness to overcome your anger. Loving-kindness has the capacity to […]