CTR Quote of the Week

Karmic situations are not based on some abstract cosmic law or the abstract aspect of morality, or anything like that. Rather, before morality begins, before

I would like to give you a reminder: when you are in a serious mood, smile, with Shambhala vision. The sitting practice of meditation is

Our subject matter is benefiting others, working for others. To work for others, we have to work on ourselves. We have to love ourselves. We

  You are the sun that dispels darkness. You are the moon that creates smile. You are my heart– Incredible companion. Most beautiful, dazzling light

We have to look at what kind of human power or economic power in our approach to business will produce genuine accomplishment. First, we need

Usually, people are not aware that money is karmically related to them. If you view money as a bad thing or a big problem, you

In our lives, a sense of poverty often seems connected with a lack of space. This is not particularly about a destitute person living in

According to the Buddhist tradition, the spiritual path is the process of cutting through our confusion, of uncovering the awakened state of mind. When the

Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks which lead to

A commentary on the slogan: When the world is filled with evil, transform all mishaps into the path of bodhi. In our ordinary life, our

We follow the example of the Buddha, who presented the teachings to the Indians of his time in a universal fashion. It is much more

Tradition does not mean dressing up in robes and playing exotic music or having dakinis dancing around us, or anything like that. Tradition is being

Becoming a warrior means that you are building a world that does not allow you to indulge in your confusion, which is the setting-sun concept

The reservoir of trust is a bank of richness from which the warrior can always draw conclusions. We begin to feel that we are dealing

Fearlessness is like a reservoir of trust. This trust arises from the experience of basic goodness. When we feel basically good, rather than degraded or

Trust is being willing to take a chance, knowing that what goes up must come down, as they say. When a warrior has that kind

In the Buddhist tradition, supplication is not asking something of some divine principle that exists somewhere else–upstairs in the loft. Instead, supplication is the fundamental

In the ordinary, usual world that we live in, there is always a charnel ground of some kind — where we try to catch each

Because the practice of buddhadharma exists within our own state of being, our own world, it is very powerful. The teachings speak our own language,

The beginning point of buddha nature seems to be the development of maitri, which could be translated as “love,” “kindness,” or “a friendly attitude.” Having

Buddha nature is not regarded as a peaceful state of mind or, for that matter, as a disturbed one either. It is a state of

Really, you can afford to be what you are! You may think that you’re alone and nobody’s with you. But that in itself is good

Ordinary suffering is very genteel in a sense and very friendly. You are just suffering for the sake of suffering. There is confusion because of