The spiritual path isn't always a joyride; it can be like a roller coaster. Don't stop with the cheap thrills--go for long lasting fulfillment. Stick to it through the rainy days and the barren deserts and the feeling of being stuck on a plateau of development. It's often said that the brighter the light glows, the deeper and darker the shadow becomes. The shadows are always inseparable from the light. They come from light; they are light. Constancy and perseverance pay off. Furthermore, life... Read more...

The Buddha experienced enlightenment at the age of 35.  For the next forty-five years he would teach throughout northeast India. Convinced of the impermanence of all things, he would never have assumed that his life and teachings would be remembered for very long after his passing.

At age 80, he told his dear cousin Ananda that he would be leaving them soon. In Kushinagara, only a hundred miles from his hometown, he ate some tainted food and became very ill.  News that the Buddha was dying... Read more...

Siddartha, deeply disturbed, returns to the palace with Chandara. Forever changed and unable to keep his mind away from what he has seen and heard, he meditates on sickness, aging and death. His father’s program of deliberately misrepresenting and withholding basic information about life has created a vacuum of experience regarding suffering and death. But this lack of experience has created a vast potential in Siddartha. In just six short years, Siddartha will understand human experience in... Read more...