Zen Moments

“I love him for every single bizarre behaviour he throws my way…”

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before – but my three year old son, Oliver is weird.
This is at least partly due to something called SPD (sensory processing disorder) that causes him to engage in activities that “feed” his need for a lot [...]

“He was looking at that rock with will and determination…”

The incident that I am narrating, happened about 10 years back, and was an eye opener for me.

The place was Nagpur: a small but upcoming town in India where I was born and educated.
Although I had a difficult childhood (after losing both parents early in life), [...]

“Who is this man?”

Mary Menth Andersen was 31 years old and had just married Norwegian Dag Andersen. She was looking forward to starting a new life in Åsgårdstrand in Vestfold with him. But first she had to get all of her belongings across to Norway. The date was November 2nd, 1988.
At the airport in Miami [...]

“A tree, would be enough
Or even a rock…”

…A tree, would be enough
Or even a rock, a small creek,
A bark shred in a pool.
Hill beyond hill, folded and twisted
Tough trees crammed
In thin stone fractures
A huge moon on it all, is too much.
The mind wanders…
Excerpt from Piute Creek by Gary Snyder
The Path to Peace Runs through the [...]

“…the man found himself deeply affected…”

The events that led to the creation of The Mandala Trust were set in motion when a man travelling in India met and became friends with a local man, who worked as a shoe wallah.  The two would sit together each day on the side of the road as the [...]

“The music takes me away…”

As with many of us, music provides a wonderful means of escape for me. No matter what mood I’m in, I can always find a song that helps “accentuate the positive” or “eliminate the negative.”  I can sing golden oldies, gospel songs, show tunes, pop hits or something I just [...]

“No-one has ever done anything like this for me, lady…”

I had a very sad experience on Wednesday night after Yoga. It was about 8.15 pm and I was in a hurry to get back home. Just as the class ended it started to rain heavily, and I was cursing for not having brought an [...]

” … the sunrise this morning, the beauty of a new day “

Zen Moments asked our Twitter and Facebook friends: “What Beaty Can You See?” – and had these wonderful replies…
Allison Doyle: An exquisite tree, covered in pink flowers…a blue, blue sky and sunshine…you?
Zen Moments Dot Org: My beloved – and hopefully in a [...]

“As Buddhist nun, I travel with no money. I don’t have so much as a dime, quarter or credit card with me “

I fly a lot and have done so for nearly a decade. Usually the connections go smoothly and I get where I need to, without incident. On rare occasions something crops up and [...]

“…it was about having faith and believing in magic…”

Many years ago I went to the cinema with my young son to see a film called “The Little Princess”. The story derives an element of magic from the wise but silent Indian fairy godfather who watches over Sarah, whose Indian tutors have instilled in her a [...]