Only the 'Pure View' of Buddha nature of sentient beings is considered unadulterated. Every other view is clouded by concepts, ideas, our personal history and fixations. Nevertheless, we are constantly making judgements. And that's okay…

I have just arrived in India today, the taxi driver is speeding along the potholed road, which suddenly becomes a single lane again and again because the recent storm has torn the pavement into the valley. The goat jumps to the side, as…

At least there is something comforting about this question. It's everyone's business. Not just me or you. Yes, why do we stumble over expectations, ideas and needs? Because at some point we learnt to differentiate. As a baby from me to my…

The Buddha nature, the purity, the openness, the infinite clarity, is superordinate in everything. In every stone, in every emotion, in every roar of the lioness. Somewhat more limited - depending on the finely spun Buddhist system -…

Of course, it's a trick to put words together incoherently (plus then add "matching" music). We do this trick all the time. However, we don't realise that it's a trick, this constructivist way of thinking together. We're constantly putting…

I was just tired. I had actually slept enough, the days were full of action. Now the action was mostly of a Buddhist nature, but that's not important. Just action. Tired of doing. I was somewhat startled by the thought that, in addition to…

I wrote the following statement on the question "What is important for the next generation when it comes to people of different religions living together?" for a brochure for employees and members of the authorities of the Catholic Church…

Recently, there was a discussion on the LinkedIn business platform. It was about the supposedly necessary separation between work and professional life, clear boundaries, overtime and after-work hours. The topic seems topical, but from a…

Yes. More differentiated: Do I have to analyze the resentment of some ancestors in years of therapeutic sessions? Does the knowledge of suffering in earlier lives help me? Do I need a strong light to illuminate any dark corners of my…

The WHO's definition of health could have been borrowed from the Buddha. I myself determine whether I feel healthy, not something out there. And not the pulse diagnostician who thinks my inner elements are not in harmony. But if I…

I was recently able to say something about my faith in a reel for a Catholic Church social media campaign. In my studies in Catholic theology decades ago - incidentally, it was during these studies that I got to know and appreciate…

From a classical Buddhist perspective, hope is deceptive and dangerous. The expectations associated with it can be disappointed. And then there is 'suffering' again, i.e. dissatisfaction in the mind. Hope is focused on the future and…