I came across this interesting article by Jack Kornfield on Buddhanet:  Even the Best Meditators Have Old Wounds to Heal

An interesting article appeared on The Buddhist Channel today.  The link is below.  There are related articles on the websites referred to at the end of this article too.  The "third nature" - I like that.

What do you think?  Is maintaining a vegetarian diet important to you?  If you're vegetarian, is it because you're Buddhist or because of concern about your health?  Is it because of concern about the environment or some other reason?  Many Buddhists don't refrain from eating meat and/or fish.  Here's an excerpt from something I read on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_vegetarianism ): 

The ability to laugh at yourself is an essential part of the practice.  That's the message Thannisaro Bhikkhu has for us in two talks on this website:  A Sense of Humor and A Humorous Perspective.  I have to say that laughing at myself has gotten a lot easier as I've gotten older.  When I was younger and taking everything so seriously (or more seriously), screwing up or doing something stupid and embarrassing was extremely

I recently attended a one-day Vipassana meditation course that turned out to be a real test of endurance for me.  I wanted to leave, wondered why I was putting myself through such a long sit and wondered how I ever made it through the 10-day course at the Vipassana Meditation Centre of BC in Merritt.  I persevered and made it through all of the thoughts that were encouraging me to give up and, by the end of the day and in the days that follow

I want to share something from a great book I'm reading:  "Emotional Alchemy:  How the Mind Can Heal the Heart" by Tara Bennett-Goleman.  The book is a combination of wisdom and knowledge from Buddhism and Psychotherapy.  Bennett-Goleman discusses how practicing mindfulness can help us to develop our ability to see things as they truly are and free ourselves from the distorted lenses through which we view and judge things.  She offers a way to increase our awareness so that we can recognize patterns of beha