Meditation

Meditation

What is it and why must we do it? This question would often fill me with wonderment and awe. What’s so important about it? Our scriptures speak of it. Our elders did it and kept encouraging us, but somehow we kept missing the point. Perhaps I should speak of myself....
Surrender

Surrender

What really, is it? Does the idea of surrender indicate weakness, or is it a sign of strength? Is it control lost, or control gained? Is it being less ambitious or less focused? Is it akin to giving up or giving in? Is it declaring that you are weak and the other,...
Buddhist Prayer of Forgiveness

Buddhist Prayer of Forgiveness

If I have harmed anyone in any way either knowingly or unknowingly through my own confusions, I ask their forgiveness. If anyone has harmed me in any way either knowingly or unknowingly through their own confusions, I forgive them. And if there is a situation I am not...