What light does spiritual wisdom throw on the challenges of our day to day lives? How does traditional wisdom help us deal with difficult emotions and difficult situations in life? How can we move from intellectual understanding of philosophical ideas and religious beliefs, to a lived reality that makes our lives more wholesome and nurtures our search for meaning.
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Pain as medicine
Spiritual traditions have affirmed time and again the inevitability of ‘dukkha’ in life – that there are definitive causes that give rise to ‘dukkha’, that peace is possible, and that there is a path that leads to peace. In fact, in his first composition – the ‘Jap’, reverentially called the Jap Ji Sahib by the…
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Accolades of the world
In an age where self-promotion reigns supreme, we don’t seem to tire of awards, honors, and endorsements. Yet, many of these accolades celebrate achievements of questionable merit, exchanged between individuals more interested in bolstering their own image than in recognizing genuine accomplishment. Aesop’s fable of the weasels and the mice. Aesop’s fable of the weasels…
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The sparrow that eats half a grain
Do we appreciate the gifts we receive every day? The fact that we are alive and have one more day is a gift. In the busyness of making plans and anticipating the future, we often forget to appreciate the present. On one such morning, after days of running a series of workshops in the peak…
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Dealing with difficult people | Buffalo meditation
Many spiritual traditions have stories that caution us against dwelling on negative reactions of others or their personality flaws. Such responses of the mind usually don’t help solve the problem. In fact, they strain the relationship and drain our emotional reserves. While it is important to surround ourselves with positive influences, it is also important…
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