by Soryu Forall | Mar 26, 2024 | Buddhism for All
Karma is power. You have power because your actions have consequences. You have the power to change the world, and you have the power to change your life. You use this power at all times. Even if you decide not to use it, that very decision is an exercise of your...
by Soryu Forall | Feb 29, 2024 | Buddhism for All
Life is hard. But virtue makes it fun. It’s like saying that tennis is hard. But getting better at tennis makes it fun. Virtue is the process of getting better at life, so it makes life fun. This is hard to understand because so often, we think that being better at...
by Soryu Forall | Feb 18, 2024 | Buddhism for All
Samadhi changes everything. It is how we see directly and accurately, finding happiness and peace. It is how we accept into our own minds the clarity that resolves all delusion. It is how we accept into our own bodies the joy that heals all trauma. It is how we...
by Soryu Forall | Feb 1, 2024 | Buddhism for All
Mindfulness is said to be useful everywhere. That means that we can always do it. We can practice it in every circumstance. Too often, people think that they need to hold a specific focus, such as the breath, in order to practice mindfulness. But we can experience...
by Soryu Forall | Jan 9, 2024 | Buddhism for All
It is strange that the word appearing most frequently in the context of the Noble Eightfold Path is also the one that gets the least attention: the word “right.” (Meng might joke in response, “I know, right?”) The Pali word translated to right is sammā. ...
