Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people—from...

Simplicity cannot be found unless one is free inwardly - 24 July 1949• Only when the mind and heart are really simple is one able to solve the many problems that confront us.•...

If I don’t change now what will the future be? - 10 September 1972• Is thought responsible for fragmentation?• Does fragmentation have its own activity?• What is the...

Simplicity comes into being when there is freedom from the desire to achieve• One who is sincere can never be simple because he who is trying to be sincere always has the desire...

Can the brain operate without recourse to the past? - 22 February 1970 • Is there self-progress?• Conflict• Security• Any form of division within oneself is a source of...

If we had no belief what would happen to us? - 23 July 1949• Without self-knowledge we cannot go beyond the self-projected illusions of themind.• It’s only in relationship...

Meditation is to discover an area in which there is no movement of thought"—28 July 1974Has the world and its thought-based activity bred fear?Can hidden fears and subtle forms...

Developing upon teachings on the art of mindful living begun in Being Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh shows the connection between inner peace and peace on earth. Recorded live in New York...

Scholars say that the original Tao Te Ching is a poem. Like a poem, this version of the Tao Te Ching is not meant to be read in one breath from front to back, but is to be at...

"s there such thing as free will? - 31 May 1967 • Is freedom partial?• Why should I be bound to destiny? Born in India with the tremendous culturaltraditions, why should I be...