A Love as Deep as Life Itself: Seeing the Buddha Within All Beings A 28-Day Online Course, Starting July 24 The highest form of love in the Buddhist tradition is called upekkha — a word that literally means "intimately seeing" reality and the true nature of other beings. It's often translated as equanimity, or balance, but this does not even begin to capture the reverential, cherishing and other-regarding nature of this spiritual quality. Upekkha recognizes that if we truly want ourselves and others to be happy we should rejoice in and encourage the cultivation of insight. It means seeing that all beings, ourselves included, are on the path to awakening — to Buddhahood. Click here to learn more Four things to remember when online discussions get heated While Buddhism teaches that all beings have the potential for awakening, and that we should endeavor to relate with kindness and compassion to everyone, I admit that this is especially difficult for me on social media. We live in particularly challenging times. Society is becoming more polarized and tribal, and I’m shocked to see a resurgence of racism and of desire for authoritarian rule, for example. Those things really stir me up emotionally when I see them online. Click here to continue reading Other courses Some of our courses are now delivered at your own pace rather than on a fixed schedule. The following courses are still open for registration: Finding Your True Nature: A Practical Introduction to Insight (enrollment ends Jul 31) Sitting With Bodhi Series One: 42 Guided Meditation Downloads to Calm the Mind (enrollment ends Jul 31) Change Your Mind: An Introduction to Meditation (enrollment ends Jul 31) Wildmind 7 Penstock Way, #308 Newmarket NH 03857 USA +1 (603) 292-3960 https://www.wildmind.org