by Evan Dwan | Apr 16, 2019 | News |
After a long, hard climb up a mountain a group of seekers found themselves in front of a great teacher. ‘How do we become wise?’ they ask. ‘Good choices’, replies the teacher ‘But how do we make good choices?’ ‘From experience’ ‘And how do we get experience?’ ‘Bad...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 16, 2019 | News |
The Buddha advocated contemplating these truths everyday: This body will grow old; I am not beyond ageing This body will become sick; I am not beyond sickness This body will die; I am not beyond death Everything near and dear to me will become separated from me Try...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 15, 2019 | News |
A Jazz saxophone player from New Orleans suffered a stroke that meant he could never play the saxophone again. His response: without that Sax in my mouth I can now sing! In the face of suffering, loss, pain and even death there are possibilities. We must simply train...
by Evan Dwan | Oct 18, 2018 | News |
Why is it that in the face of great suffering or crisis that some people respond with a heroic compassion and generosity, endangering their own lives to help others, while other people, when faced with the same situation act selfishly, or further on the other extreme,...
by Evan Dwan | Aug 22, 2018 | News |
Did you ever wake up one day and wonder how you got to where you are in life? It can sometime seem as if life has ‘happened’ to us – we don’t remember actively choosing the path we have taken. It is like the river of life has swept us along in...
