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The world needs more Buddhas.  You qualify! 

Here's how to become a Buddha in three simple, straightforward steps:

1.  Accept the fact you have Buddha nature.
2.  Cultivate and grow that Buddha nature.
3.  Manifest that Buddha nature.

Keep repeating steps one and two until they are unnecessary.
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Ordinary friends desert us when we fall on hard times or become an inconvenience in their lives. Others simply disappear into their own destinies. Our practice of the Dhamra, however, is the sure anchor that keeps our ship stable when the seas become choppy.
- Glenn H. Mullin


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What happens when we sit is none of our business. The practice is to accept whatever arises instead of trying to control our experience. - Narayan Helen Liebenson


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Watching television is rarely criticized as being selfish, whereas a common question that practitioners bring up is whether one “deserves” to sit, implying that it is selfish to do so. 
-  Narayan Helen Liebenson
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Meditation practice isn't to become free from the world but free in the world.
- Victor M. Parachin

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The world isn't dangerous just because crazy men have arsenals of chemical and nuclear weapons. The great and present danger is the fact that our minds are out of control. - Ajahn Sumano




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A couple should not have the idea of reshaping each other's character and personality in a marriage. Instead, they should adjust and adapt to each other, respect and give space to each other.   - Hsing Yun


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Marking the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US military, His Holiness the Dalai Lama published an open letter on Thursday calling on governments, organizations, and individuals to end the threat of nuclear weapons and to dedicate themselves to bringing about peace in an increasingly polarized yet interdependent world.


“Despite many great developments that also took place, the 20th century was an era of violence in which some 200 million people were killed, including the horrific use of nuclear weapons,” His Holiness stated. “Now, in our increasingly interdependent world, we have a chance to make this a more peaceful century.”

“When conflicts arise they should be settled through dialogue, not the use of force. We need to eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons, with the ultimate aim of a demilitarized world,” the Dalai Lama said in his heartfelt appeal. “War means killing. Violence leads to counter violence. We need to put an end to combat and the production of weapons and construct a more peaceful world.”
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If you’re experiencing deep anticipatory
grief about the state of the world
these days, it’s not hard to figure out why.
We are living in an age of intense violence,
fake virtue and rampant delusion.
- John Harvey Negru











Victor M. Parachin ... 

a Vedic educator, yoga instructor, Buddhist meditation teacher and author of a dozen books. Buy his books at amazon or your local bookstore. Sadly, Victor passed away in August 2025, but his blog continues. Janet Parachin, his partner of 45 years, shares quotes from his books and articles each week. 

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