It is the end of summer, and it has been a while since I have posted here. My apologies to all who have been following. I have taken July and August as months to really concentrate on writing my book Aging as a Spiritual Practice and that effort has paid off. I have written many [...]
Archive for the ‘Aging and Buddhism’ Category
End of Summer
Posted in Aging and Buddhism, tagged aging and flexibility, aging and gratitude, aging and happiness on August 31, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Still Here
Posted in Aging and Buddhism, Beauty, Gratitude, tagged Aging and Buddhism, aging and gratitude, aging and happiness, Illness as gift on March 27, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Well, after spending many weeks exploring the Five Great Fears of Buddhism and of aging, I thought it might be time for a more upbeat theme. How about the Five Great Joys of aging? I don’t know of a succinct Buddhist teaching like this comparable to the Five Great Fears (Buddhism tends to focus on [...]
Thinking Is Overrated
Posted in Aging and Buddhism, Aging and Meditation, tagged aging and karma, Thought of Enlightenment, training the mind on January 10, 2010 | 13 Comments »
The comedienne Lily Tomlin, in her persona as the bag lady, once said, “I tried reality once, and found it highly overrated.” From a Buddhist standpoint, the same could be said for thinking. The various schools of Buddhism all have a highly technical literature, whose collected works fill a good-sized room. That being said, the [...]
Lonely But Never Alone
Posted in Aging and Buddhism, Aging and Meditation, Loneliness, tagged grief, Loneliness, loss on July 29, 2009 | 21 Comments »
Loneliness often increases as we grow older. Certainly when those we know begin to pass away (which may start when we are in our 50s) there is a kind of loneliness that comes and cannot easily be assuaged. Their loss is permanent. I have a thumbnail summary of Buddhism that I have mentioned here before [...]
Mindfulness of Aging Part 3
Posted in Aging and Buddhism, Aging and Meditation, Aging and Spirituality, Baby Boomers and Aging, tagged Aging and Buddhism, Aging and Meditation, Aging and Spirituality, mindfulness, Mindfulness of Aging on June 20, 2009 | 15 Comments »
I often say, paraphrasing my own teacher, that the purpose of Buddhist meditation is not to be calm, but to be real. Being real doesn’t exclude being calm, if that is what is happening. But being real is not some particular state of mind; it is the mind in accord with the actuality of things—“real [...]
Mindfulness of Aging Part 2
Posted in Aging and Buddhism, Aging and Meditation, Aging and Spirituality, tagged Aging and Meditation, Aging and Spirituality, aging and zen on June 10, 2009 | 20 Comments »
So what do we do with our aging thoughts? How can we transform them from exercises in comparison and regret into more wholesome insights that nourish us? (If you are tuning in to this blog for the first time, read the last post, “Mindfulness of Aging part I”.) There are three parts to transforming mindfulness: [...]
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Lewis Richmond
Author and Buddhist teacherLewis leads a Zen meditation group, Vimala Sangha, and teaches at workshops and retreats throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
He has published three books, including the national bestseller Work as a Spiritual Practice.
This website is dedicated to his teachings on aging as a spiritual path.
Lewis also leads a discussion on aging as a spiritual practice at Tricycle magazine's online community site.
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