My fellow Tantrikas those of us who wish to evolve beyond the surely bonds of the Third Bodhisattva Bhumi MUST forsake the trappings of...

The purpose of Buddhist Tantra’s creation stage (or Vaj-ra-ya-na if you prefer Sanskrit) is NOT (contrary to the ravings of...

The nice thing about sidestepping belief or disbelieve is that we are sidestepping the veritable tiger trap of intellectual rigidity..

The four point body scan has several functions: it trains us in mindfulness and letting go and it really helps with energy work...

As Contemplative’s upon the Buddhist path of liberation our job is NOT to flee from some emotions and chase after other emotions...

Minimalists tell us that if something in our life does NOT bring us joy it could be best to let it go. How could this apply to our...

“Where is your mask, oh plague rat?” I playfully quipped to my neighbor who responded “I am exercising my right to choose!” But...

What if there was no heaven, what if there was no hell, what if there was no afterlife, what if there was no next life? What if...

Just as a great white shark might enthusiastically traverse the waters towards the sound of an injured seal likewise human predators...

Dye NOT your gray hairs in the hope of becoming more attractive oh my sisters for what could an absence of gray hair say what could...

A row of blank, white pennants hung from the porch’s awning describing an upper row of teeth: sharp and ready. On each end of...

The racist spat vulgarities, across the filled trolley car, at the three African American youths. Enraged, (and understandably so)...

The Buddha taught there were eight worldly concerns that serve as the engine that drives our neurosis. Let us consider the second...

About a century prior to the advent of Buddha it is said that Lao Tzu dictated the eight-one chapters of the Tao Te Ching. In it we read...

There seems to be a direct relationship between writer’s block and intestinal constipation. The solution could be simple. In the short...

“A Tale of Two Labels” Let us consider two works of classic literature: the first – Plato’s “Republic” & the second – Marx’s “Communist...

“Somethings are better admired than they are acquired.” This is the essence of minimalism.

Come let us discuss pleasure, let us talk about sex. And let us do so by contrasting coarse porno sex with subtle karezza tantra...

Meditation without contemplation is impotent. Shamatha without the Vipashyana is a trap. Trekchöd without Togal is folly. I speak...

Yes, I could use spiritual terminology. I could talk about listening to the whispers of the Dharmakaya, or flowing with the Tao...