Cave of BuddhasBack when the seven continents were formed, and the Indian subcontinent crashed into south central Asia, crumbling up the Himalaya Mountains, a sideways effect created the mountainous region we now call South East Asia (SEA). The countries of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam make up most of SEA. Most of the mountains in this area are jungle covered, jagged limestone peaks containing thousands of caves.

One of them, Hospital Cave, is located on Cat Ba Island... Read more...

Are you searching for a group to study Buddhism or meditate with? Perhaps you need a sangha, which is a Sanskrit word for community. Here's a list of Colorado Springs-based sanghas. Please let us know if we've left any out: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Awakening Truth
Thai Forest tradition of the Theravada tradition; awakeningtruth.org

- Interactive inquiry conference call - spontaneous sharing and reflection on how reality is impacting one’s world, relationships and meditation, 10-11 a.m.... Read more...

From the sages of ancient India to the Transcendentalists of the 19th century, this has been the quest of writers, scholars and philosophers, generation after generation. America has its own deep tradition of Transcendentalists such as Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman and Buckminster Fuller, to name a few. But America’s most... Read more...

From Chris Lemig's blog The Narrow Way. Check out his introductory column on his travels and quest through India here.

It’s been a rough morning. I’m stressing out about Tibetan (again). I’m being too hard on myself. I’m comparing myself to other students who seem to be “getting it.”

Why not me? I think. What’s wrong with me?

And so, reflexively, I start to tell myself stories of doom and gloom.

Where there is nothing but success and the cause for rejoicing, I see impending... Read more...

How much does fear enter into your business decisions and into your personal life?

Fear is a major indicator of separation from Source and Universal Intelligence. When you are experiencing fear, and even worries and concerns, you are not experiencing trust, love, and certainly not joy…you are not connected to Spiritual Source, to the Universal Love and Intelligence that is always flowing and always available.

Fear is one of those things that pops up in our experience totally justified,... Read more...