Hi Miguel - An honest question. After all, knowing whether something is true is always pertinent to deciding how we want to live our lives. So let’s unpack the word “true” first. The word true comes from the Old English triewe or treowe, meaning "faithful”. It is derived from the Proto-Germanic treuwaz, which relates to the idea of reliance, integrity, help, protection, support and is originally from the Proto-Indo-European root deru-, meaning "to be firm or rooted” and it is

Hi Bill- Hanamatsuri is a Japanese word that means “flower festival”. The Buddhist traditions of temperate climes observe this event during the springtime. While we are a Navayana or new movement in Buddhism, we honor our roots by utilizing certain words in (stone sculpture of Queen Maya before giving birth - 200 CE Afghanistan) Japanese terminology. It is known in our liturgical cycle known as the Season of Rebirth. We lift up the miraculous birth of Shakyamu

Dear Sensei Tony- What does the Buddha Shakyamuni mean to you? This is Samuel. Thank you for this question. Wow. It’s a big one! Well, there isn’t really enough room in this exchange to tell you everything he means to me because he literally has been a central figure in my entire life. My devotion to his teachings and legacy are so intertwined with my own, that I really can’t separate them. That being said, let me outline what some scholars have written: ‘The Buddha was consi

Dearest Sensei: Can you please describe the True Self? This is Bob. Hi Bob -What most people mistake as their selves is the outer shell, the Ego Self. It is created out of physical and social conditioning and is experienced as separate from our True Self. And while I’ve written about this in several books ( https://www.asksenseitony.com/store ), I will summarize here in brief: • The True Self lies beneath the ego, and is our true nature and ground of our personal being. It i