by Sunada Takagi | Jan 31, 2009 | Social change
How might the Buddha respond to questions of social change? How do we bring about large-scale happiness to entire societies? I recently heard this thought-provoking interview on National Public Radio’s show Speaking of Faith, called “The Buddha in the...
by Sunada Takagi | Jan 29, 2009 | Everyday mindfulness, Personal change
The vast majority of the people with whom we interact on a daily basis are people we don’t know. And we’ll probably never have a personal relationship with them. Like cashiers, customer service people, bus drivers, pedestrians on the street, etc. This short clip on...
by Sunada Takagi | Jan 22, 2009 | Personal change
Is it possible to be in a committed sexual relationship and follow the Buddha’s teaching on non-attachment? Does loving someone deeply by definition mean we’re attached to them? I don’t see these ideas as contradictory. Here in Wildmind’s blog, I explore what an...