Clear Presence, Sweet Absence

A poet friend entered a contest to write a poem related to a particular image. The image was of a packet of mail cradled in a tree limb. She chose to write about the...

You know that saying, be careful what you ask for? Once on retreat, I was feeling complacent in my practice. Meditation was fairly steady and peaceful and insights were flowing, but I felt too...

The meditation master Ajahn Chah would often begin his Dharma teachings by addressing the listeners as “my brothers and sisters in ageing, ill-health, and death.” Take a moment to notice how reading that impacts...