Once Buddha came to a lecture holding a flower in his hand. He remained silent for a long time until someone dared to ask him why he was silent. Buddha smiled and said: “This flower I hold in my hand speaks more than I could ever tell you, more than can be expressed in words. … Read more
One autumn day, I found myself in the park, captivated by a very small, lovely heart-shaped leaf. It was almost red in color, barely clinging to the branch, as if it was about to fall. I spent a long time with it, asking it many questions. I discovered that the leaf was the mother to … Read more
Ryokan, a Zen master, lived very modestly in a small hut at the foot of a hill. One evening, a thief entered the hut and discovered that there was nothing to steal. Ryokan returned and found him there. “Perhaps you have travelled a long way to visit me,” he said to the thief, “and you … Read more
There is no person who hasn’t acquired some habits throughout life. Each of us has them, the desirable ones and the undesirable ones, some that we are aware of and some that we may never become conscious of. And precisely because they are so present, we accept them as inevitability and, if they don’t bother … Read more
The term attention is often used in everyday speech: parents warn children to be attentive at school; teachers tell students: “Pay attention to …”; if we collide with a passerby on the street, we will hear: “Watch where you’re going!” What is attention and how important is it for our lives? Does the meaning and … Read more
What we could recently hear from the mouths of wise men from all cultures, gurus, mystics and esotericists, is now acknowledged by modern science – that our thoughts have created our world and continue to do so. It is now known that negative thinking weakens our immune system, so it is really important what we … Read more
Perhaps it is possible to overcome the fear of death, but it is even more important to overcome the fear of life. Jorge Angel Livraga Often in life, we find ourselves in situations where we do not see a way out, where fear takes hold of us and our hearts become weak. In those moments … Read more
An attempt to explain women should be freed from demands and expectations, because every attempt to write about a woman is limited by rational discourse. To truly learn something about a woman and have a direct benefit from it in our life, we must empty our minds and be open to the new, as in … Read more
Mindfulness is the conscious and compassionate observation of the moment, without judgment or evaluation. Through regular practice of mindfulness, we can become aware of our own thoughts, emotions, and reactions, and learn how to accept and transform them in a positive way. Therefore, dignity is the ability to maintain internal discipline and use our awareness … Read more
Relief of the Greco-Indian king, possibly Menander, with the Buddhist symbol of the three treasures (triratana) on a sword, Bharhut, 2nd century BC. However, this dream was extinguished in 301 BC when the empire was divided among three dynasties: Antigonid (Macedonia), Ptolemaic (Egypt), and Seleucid (Asia). In the northeast of the Seleucid kingdom, at the … Read more
