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"Take up the way of meeting others on equal ground." --Buddhist precept as discussed by Diane Rizzetto in her book, Waking Up t...

"What is real remains." A principle text of Buddhism, the Prajnaparamita "Heart" Sutra, perhaps the principle text fo...

"There is neither increasing nor decreasing" --The Heart Sutra Writing on the essential topic of the Prajnaparamita, the Heart...

"We can still remain a free person. Free from what?" Going Home by Thich Nhat Hanh Writing in his book, Going Home , Buddhist M...

"Love gives itself; it isn't bought." Henry W. Longfellow As we move through our lives, one hears and learns by experience...

"I would know you in order to know myself." The word person has great significance. "Today our way of thinking about peo...

"Surely God is good to his Israel." Jim Elliot In 1945 with the world war now behind, the nation turned herself to other matt...

While many think that Mani and his followers were concentrated largely in the West, others encountered his teachings in the East, just as we...

Simple Mind is away from the computer. The following is a favorite which appeared here last year, December 31, 2008.--SimplemindZen Taking u...

"Innocence is a mystery greater than evil." --James Hillman There is a long tradition in human history of Satan , or an entity w...

"...the energy of the Holy Spirit is in us, we are truly alive." --Thich Nhat Hanh Buddhist monk and teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, in...

"We have the concept of a "two story" psyche in the west." --Joseph Campbell In the view of Joseph Campbell, there is a ...

Taking up the precept of the Way of Speaking Truthfully is often a first precept encountered and one of the most obvious, yet not always to ...