An excerpt from Death and Dying in Buddhism. Somewhere inside our head the mind is hard at work telling the body to breath, pump blood, walk, run, find food, drink, talk to friends, go for a run, hold onto the pole in the moving subway, balance on a skateboard and tens of thousands of commands every day to keep the body alive and so keep the mind alive. This of course begs the question “What is the mind up to?” Why is the mind running the body ragged trying to keep itself al

An excerpt from My Buddhist Journal; A Year in the Life of a Buddhist The Story of Milarepa From My Buddhist Journal - The Month of April ---------- The story of the Life of Milarepa is a mainstay in Tibetan literature. I've read it a few times, finding new, inspirational nuances with every reading. True, the story comes to us through the oral traditions, so we can’t really know how much (if any) was historically accurate. Still, the story has much to teach a student of th

An excerpt from My Buddhist Journal; A Year in the Life of a Buddhist. For the complete story, try our FREE publication, Life of the Buddha . Introduction Like so many ancient tales that come to us largely through oral traditions, what we think we “know” is often only speculation and interpretation. Stories get embellished along the way – added to and altered in many ways, often taking on a life of their own. Whether or not the man who was to become the Buddha existed, as I