Buddhist Philosophy
Buddha’s Radical Two-Step Approach to Happiness
By taking a moment to look at our minds themselves, we come closer to discovering the nature of everything.
September 3, 2020
Erric Solomon
Throughout his career as a Silicon Valley technology entrepreneur, and now as an author and innovative meditation teacher, Erric has been interested in understanding the mind and how it functions, both as a user experience designer and as a mind hacker. He is the co-author of Radically Happy: A User's Guide to the Mind which he wrote together with Phakchok Rinpoche.
Buddhist Philosophy
Radically Loving Through Spaciousness and Letting Go
Erric Solomon shows how we can connect to our natural, spacious mind to overcome anger and irritation.
August 10, 2020
Buddhist Philosophy
Radically Loving: Creating Sparks of Love
Our true nature is unconditional love.
July 29, 2020
Buddhist Philosophy
Relying on the Four Immeasurable Qualities During a Pandemic (Part 4): Immeasurable Sympathetic Joy
Erric Solomon discusses the final of the Four Immeasurables: Sympathetic Joy.
May 5, 2020
Buddhist Philosophy
Relying on the Four Immeasurable Qualities During a Pandemic (Part 3): Immeasurable Compassion
Erric Solomon explores the third immeasurable, compassion
April 23, 2020
Buddhist Philosophy
Relying on the Four Immeasurable Qualities During a Pandemic (Part 2): Immeasurable Loving-Kindness
Loving-Kindness or Metta is a deep, heart-felt wish that all beings have happiness, and have all the causes of happiness.
April 16, 2020
Buddhist Philosophy
Relying on the Four Immeasurable Qualities During a Pandemic (Part 1): Immeasurable Equanimity
Erric Solomon begins a four part explorations of the Four Immeasurables.
April 9, 2020
Buddhist Philosophy
What can we do if we really start to panic? (Part 3 – Liberation through Feeling)
A sense of panic isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But how we deal with panic can make a huge difference. Train your mind to slowly turn inwards. Like a lion!
March 26, 2020
Buddhist Philosophy
What Can We Do If We Really Start to Freak Out? (Part 2 – Creating Space with Phakchok Rinpoche)
Phakchok Rinpoche teaches how to create space to feel more calm and lose fear, as well as slow down the loop of negative thoughts.
March 22, 2020
Buddhist Philosophy
What Can We Do If We Really Start To Freak Out? (Part 1 – Relying on the Love of the Buddhas)
Guru Padmasambhava as the guru we can all call out and supplicate in times of freaking out.
March 20, 2020
Buddhist Philosophy
Four Radically Happy Ways to Not Just Survive, but Thrive During the Holiday Family Gatherings
Holiday visiting season got you down? Learn some essential mind-training tools for making those visits bearable!
December 19, 2019
Buddhist Philosophy
What Devotion Really Is, Part 3 – Infallibly Inseparable
There seems to be a lot of talk in Buddhist blogs, magazines and in real-time lectures about what it means for a guru to be infallible, if, in fact, it’s even possible. As I mentioned at the top of this post, it partially inspired me to write this.
July 23, 2019