the softer gaze
Dominique SideLife from a Buddhist perspective. Stories, poems and reflections with a softer and more compassionate gaze.
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Don’t be lazy !
Laziness can mean many things and show up in lots of different ways: lying on the couch and avoiding the washing up; revelling in having nothing to do as one is lying prone on a sunny beach. But in Buddhism the meaning of laziness always co...
Does no-self make any sense?
The Buddhist idea that nothing and nobody has an unchanging essence or ‘self’, and does not inherently exist, is very hard to swallow. It is an enormous stretch to imagine how the world would be if we saw it that way. It’s easy to say that...
Meditating on compassion
We set out on the Mahayana path when we take what are known as the ‘bodhisattva vows’, making the commitment to direct 100% of our aspirations and of our actions for the benefit of others. That is the main purpose of the Mahayana path: to a...
Generating bodhichitta is not easy
In Tibetan Buddhism, every single teaching that is ever given, and every practice that is ever done, begins with Refuge and bodhichitta: Refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, the Three Jewels, and bodhichitta – generating the wise and co...
Apologies
Yesterday afternoon I posted an article on an interview of Bob Dylan in which he spoke inspiringly about death and ultimate reality (my words). I have since deleted this, so any links you have to the post will no longer work. Many of you ha...
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Author and teacher specialized in Buddhist thought and literary writing. I have a Ph.D in Buddhist philosophy from Bristol University, UK and am the author of 'Discovering Buddhism' (Troubador, 2022) and 'A New Way of Seeing' (Troubador, 2025).
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