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Encounters with certain people, for example, may tend to trigger confrontational interactions. While we can easily justify our dislike of another person, the real question worth asking is why does this person manifest in our reality in the first place? Why does his or her presence bring about such…

When you are feeling down, it is your magnificent true Self that accepts the mood, just like a wealthy person temporarily feeling poor. We are free by nature but we choose to accept thoughts that limit us. In this moment, you are limiting yourself in certain ways through some ideas that you hold near and dear to your heart. You forget that there is a different choice. Let us practice remembering this fact again and again…

A thought appears and disappears in an instant, as is true of everything. Each moment is your creation. So, the best way to abide in impermanence is to change for the better. Whenever we encounter an uncomfortable…

  Student:What is living and dying? Master:When thoughts go up and come down, this…

A simple answer to a hard age-old question and a good introduction to Zen for children