1. Everything is Transient During my last pain flare, for over a week I lived with the feeling of two nails shoved in my eyes, causing an intense headache. It would be easy to say the pain was constant since it bothered me enough to interrupt my activity several times…
[2026 June DCTB Mindfulness Tip] Righteous anger is intoxicating. It fuels us like no other emotion. We feel empowered by the sense of duty, of being correct, of needing to put others on the proper path. Taken to an extreme, it feeds the part of us that loves to hate.…
[2026 April DCTB Mindfulness Tip] Nonattachment is not apathy. Nonattachment is not protecting our bliss. Nonattachment is not about hiding from the world. Nonattachment is not about denying feelings. It is not about acting or pretending. Nonattachment happens naturally on the Buddhist path. When we meditate and enter into silence…
[2026 January DCTB Mindfulness Tip] 2025 was a year of shedding. Whether we were ready or not, the things no longer meant for us fell away. It could have been physical things, like an old printer that finally died, or relationships that were no longer bringing out the best in…
[2025 September DCTB Mindfulness Tip] Bespoke Buddhism?! Buddhism is based on a well-documented 2500 year old tradition – how dare you call it bespoke! But yes, actually the pathway taught by Buddha Shakyamuni was custom made for each student who appeared before him. We can read the different and sometimes…
[2025 April DCTB Mindfulness Tip] There are many Buddhist schools around the world who trace a lineage of physical teachers back to Buddha Shakyamuni. Their path is one of ancient footprints, each generation stepping into the grooves created by those who walked before them. Trikaya Buddhism is not one of…
While we each must walk the Path on our own, to fully embody spiritual growth, it takes a village. In many Buddhist books, there is the recommendation to go to an isolated mountain retreat – in other words, to leave everyone and everything and focus only on practice. It’s true,…
Buddhism is strong medicine. When applied correctly, it leads to the endless ecstasy of Awakening to our true nature. If misused, like most potent medications, it can lead to sickness and even death. So should we avoid the practice of Buddhism? It depends. Have you suffered enough to take the…
Unreasonable Joy: Awakening through Trikaya Buddhism Enlightenment is real. It exists right now, within you. Unreasonable Joy: Awakening through Trikaya Buddhism, points the way towards Enlightenment and liberation from suffering. We suffer through tragedies and the daily grind of eat-work-sleep, chasing happiness but finding fleeting pleasure. Built on the foundations…
Buddhism is a pathway to liberation from suffering. When people are cruel to others and to themselves, we find at the root of those actions one of three poisons: anger, hate, or greed – the endless desire for more. If we dig deeper into these poisons, we find they all…
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