The virtues of being like water in spiritual training.

Can there ever be beauty in pain and loss? The master poet Hanshan captures the bittersweet nature of impermanence in this poem.

Maria Eckhart’s poem 'Chanouyu Usucha' explores the Japanese tea ceremony as a meditative practice of mindfulness.

Robert Frost’s, 'Nothing Gold Can Stay', explores Buddhist teachings on impermanence, capturing life’s fleeting beauty through nature’s seasonal movements.

This poem captures the essence of being able to stay in the ever present ‘now’.

Usually we try to get rid of unpleasant experiences. The mystical poet Rumi however, suggests a radically different approach.

This is what it feels like to give 'myself' wholeheartedly into the everyday activities of life.