the softer gaze
Dominique SideLife from a Buddhist perspective. Stories, poems and reflections with a softer and more compassionate gaze.
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Chipping away at the self
The core truth that is taught in the Shravakayana, or Vehicle of the Hearers, is the non-self of persons. Those familiar with Buddhism will have heard the word and many will confess they don’t understand it while others will believe that th...
It’s not too late
We know that the demographics of Buddhists in the West tends towards a preponderance of people over fifty. So this advice on how to continue practice in our later years, when our faculties and bodies are not in prime condition, might be hel...
No-self is not a number
A warm welcome to all the many people who have recently subscribed to my blog. Here I am sharing an article I posted over a year ago which many subscribers will not have seen.
Last week I was sitting on a Danish train minding my own busine...
Gaze on the sea
How do you feel as you gaze out upon the sea? Do you remember that first instant, the jolt to your mind as contact was made with your eyes? The intense light of the sky blasted out all the cobwebs and corners, all the stuff that lingered, t...
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Advice from Tsoknyi Rinpoche
This advice was given by Tsoknyi Rinpoche to a group of Dharma teachers in France in 2002. It seems helpful and relevant today when so many different approaches to meditation are on offer.
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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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