Wisdom through Mindfulness

I recently bought a new computer for my daughter. I had all the virus protection soft wear added to it as she uses different sites to down...

If there's no wound on the hand, that hand can hold poison. Poison won't penetrate where there's no wound. There's no evil f...

When anger arises,whoever keeps firm control as if with a racing chariot: him I call a master charioteer. Anyone else, a rein-holder....that...

"Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquer just one ...... himself ". -Dha...

"As a single slab of rock won't budge in the wind, so the wise are not moved by praise, by blame". Dhammapada

No flower's scent goes against the wind ..... but the scent of the good does go against the wind. -Dhammapada

'The Right View" I was very disturbed to hear this story from a patient I saw last week at the clinic who presented with a hand in...

Last week, I was cleaning my flower bed in my garden to plant tulip bulbs. To my surprise I found a small brown patch of dead grass in my fr...

Like a beautiful flower full of color but without fragrance, even so, fruitless are the fair words of one who does not practice them. Just l...

I have a English cocker spaniel named Lance. Lance loves eggs, mango, banana and papaya. As a puppy we have trained him not to beg for food...

Buddha said "life is like a dew drop on a blade of grass"seen in the morning. When the sun shines the dew drop disappears. Buddha ...

Is this body really in your control? Do you own this body? How do you let go of obsessions about your body? In this post I will attempt to a...

Do you get annoyed or angry with people at work, home or on the road while driving? Yesterday I came across a woman driving a van with one h...

A cartoon my son sent me when I first started this blog. Have you ever got into a situation where you were not sure what to say when somebod...

How long do you listen to another person before you start interrupting? How fast do you start formulating your thoughts, thinking about wha...

"One who drinks deeply of Buddha's teachings lives happily with a peaceful mind"- Buddha Buddha can be regarded the greatest p...

"Mindful attention causes beneficial thoughts that have not arisen, to arise. It will also cause harmful thoughts that have already ar...

"With these flowers I venerate the Buddha, By this merit may I gain liberation. As these flowers fade and wither So will this body be d...

Have you ever got in trouble for not thinking before you speak? How many times have you told yourself, "maybe I shouldn't have ...