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A Buddhist Monks Definition of Success (Short Video)
“I regard success as sort of the totality, how we are in life, how we are in our business, how we are in a meditation practice. Is it all successful?” Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is the head of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and the global network of Shambhala Meditation Centers…he spends much of his time lecturing and […]
6/25 Art: Ansel Adams
Oak Tree, Sunset City, Ansel Adams, 1962
Q&A on Today’s Chinese Moon Festival with Our Friend from Hangzhou
Today is one of China’s most important and widely celebrated holidays: Mid Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival. Families gather once darkness falls and sit together, looking at the moon and eating mooncakes with tea. They give thanks for the Fall harvest and for each other. Mooncakes are small in area but they’re rich […]
Smiling Is a Form of Salvation
Richard Rohr: In the second half of life, you have begun to live and experience the joy of your inner purpose. The outer purpose and goals matter less and less and have less power over you. You are much more self-possessed and grounded. At one and the same time, you know what you do know […]