Category: Teachers and Teachings

Meaningful Symbols – A Guide to Sacred Imagery

For thousands of years, humans have used symbols to communicate values, ideas, and profound concepts. Symbols require no words, yet they say so much.

Awakening the Spirit

Spiritual, Teachers and Teachings

Many of us explore spirituality with the hope of discovering something meaningful about the nature...

10 Thoughts on Spirituality

Spiritual, Teachers and Teachings

The search for deeper existence is a driving force in many of our lives. In our seeking, words of...

The Dalai Lama

Spiritual, Teachers and Teachings

Lamas or teachers are senior monks (or nuns). Lay Tibetans can also become lamas. Well-versed in...

4 Teachings to Guide Us Within

Inspirational, Spiritual, Teachers and Teachings, Thoughts and Wisdom

The deepest sense of “self” is what guides us, heals us, and ultimately helps us find our purest inner direction on the outward path of life. Here are several thoughts from notable teachers on the significance of listening to the voice that speaks from inside each person, ourselves especially.

Pema Chodron

Spiritual, Teachers and Teachings

Long before she became a Buddhist nun, a world-recognized meditation teacher or a best-selling...

Thich Nhat Hanh

Spiritual, Teachers and Teachings

To the world, he is Thich Nhat Hanh. To his students, he is simply Thay. This humble,...

Dalai Lama Wisdom – Advice on Compassion, Kindness, and Patience

Spiritual, Teachers and Teachings

Spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso, better known as the 14th Dalai Lama, has promoted peace and understanding as pathways towards universal love for as long as he has been teaching in the West. Below are some of his cherished bits of advice, gleaned from his heart’s wisdom and shared in hope of freedom from suffering for all living being.