The Self-Liberating Mind
Hello everyone What does it mean to be doing well? There are two answers resonate with me here. One is when you feel like you are making steady progress on accomplishing your goals, and the other is when you are entirely carefree. The latter of the two tens to be...
Emptiness and the Real Blue Sky
Hello everyone, I sincerely hope you are as well as the laws of nature allow. Today's letter will be a little different. More casual. I want to share with you two stories, that I believe will shed light on some concepts in Buddhist philosophy. These are both stories I have...
If reincarnation were real
Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing very well. Last week I was at an Effective Altruism [https://www.effectivealtruism.org/] social event and the topic of death came up. I was speaking to a practising Buddhist who was curious about what I thought about reincarnation. I was able...
Living is dying
Hello everyone, About 150 years after the historical Buddha died, a king named Menander encounters the venerated Buddhist monk Nagasena. The king did not know him and asked for a name. The monk provided his name, but added: > "This is only a name, a denotation, a matter of conventional usage....