The 4th Noble Truth “Setting the Wheel of the Dharma in Motion” As humans, we can’t seem to find our way to inner peace, our lives are constantly oscillating with ups and downs, and we are so attached to getting what we want (pleasure) and avoiding what we don’t want (pain) that we live in […]

It was a very nice garden party organized by Ana and Cathy for our 10th-year anniversary. Thanks for all who joined us. Arnaud

  DIALOGUE with STUDENTS: What if……? Setting: Sheridan College campus 2013. Dialogue between students and an invited  Zen teacher. Student: You wrote somewhere that when someone is talking to you, in person or on the telephone, always remind yourself this: “ This person …..or myself  could die anytime” Don’t you think that your thought is depressive, […]

How to assess our Mind/Body Energy Level: the palm test. The following is an interesting little exercise that I learned from a Tibetan monk living in Dharamshala with the Dalai Lama who was with us for 2 years at our temple in Toronto learning English. His name was Lin Chung. It is called the “palm […]

  Letting go  The monkey coconut trap is well known. The principle is simple. Put a banana in an empty coconut shell with a small hole.  The monkey grabs the banana to eat it later, but cannot get his hand out because he wants to hold the banana at all costs. He is trapped. Humans are […]