The Wise Lotus Blog

Theory without practice is irresponsible. Practice without reason is blind. The route of practice is awareness, experience and...

Practice is to free the body of destructive patterns, habits and acts of carelessness. Practice is to free the mind from greed, hate and...

The Buddha advised not go by anything because: 1. It is repeated again and again 2. The words come from a lineage or tradition 3. It has...

A young woman knew she had to bring her consciousness to bear on a particular problem. She had to get over her fear of expressing a...

A duty can take people’s lives to task. Whistleblowers can risk their career, their income and face threats to themselves and their loves...

Since it means ‘conscious of consciousness acts as the subject and reveals the objects, including the condition of mind. We can be...

Keep your eye open for a liberated way of being in the midst of everyday life.

Recognize spiritual feelings that nourish clarity and wisdom Recognise worldly feelings that fuel the ego. Spiritual feelings include...

I take away a view that’s archaic, so then life shows a profound mosaic.

Acknowledge love, friendship, compassion, gratitude and equanimity. Find ways to express love.

Acknowledge the feeling tones whether pleasant, unpleasant or in between. Remember feelings give support to activities, healthy or...

I have made these evening statements clear I spell it out to those who come, sit near, the speaker utters word to lift the mask, a duty...

1. What habits sow the seeds for the most suffering? 2. Habits easily dull the mind 3. What will bring a fresh approach to what you do?...

Inner happiness makes it much easier to develop mindfulness, concentration and go deep in meditation. Mindfulness, concentration and a...

It is the task of humanity to make love a guiding force, a reference point for what we say and what we do so that love bears an influence...

It is this process of becoming fully conscious to one’s state of mind that makes such a difference to our lives. We have evolved in the...

The mind easily engages into projections onto an object, past, present or future that distorts the perception of the object. A man who...

The ‘American dream’ or any other fantasy about becoming super wealthy has the capacity to become a nightmare. A huge disappointment. An...

Wisdom takes the teeth and claws out of the tiger of change, change, change. Let us witness the tiger without fear.

In the middle of the night, the burglar remains mindful of every sound he makes and mindful of every sound he hears from one moment to...