the three poisons

Buddhist death meditation: letting go of regrets
May 30, 2023
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tom davidson-marx
Buddhist death meditation encourages a gradual letting go of regrets. In her most recent book, Alive Until You’re Dead: Notes on the Home Stretch, the 81-year-old Zen teacher, editor and writer Susan Moon relates an ordeal she went through while riding on public transit from Berkeley to the San Francisco airport. When she got to
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hijacked by my news feed, again
May 7, 2022
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tom davidson-marx
My news feed can incline my mind toward fear, confusion and anger. But I can also re-frame my news feed to spark compassion for the suffering of others. The news. OMG, how to deal with the news? The horrors in Ukraine, and the suffering of forced migration are just one of multiple national and world
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letting go of wanting happiness
October 19, 2018
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tom davidson-marx
Folks who meditate in order to feel better often find the opposite. Eventfully they see that it’s the letting go of the wanting of happiness, that actually brings it! I can begin to answer by sharing a haiku I recently found: Since my house burned downI now have a better viewof the rising moon. This
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