The trouble with hope
Hope seems like a good thing, but it is it? In class students resisted the exploration but soon understood and were inspired by the insights. Maybe you will be too!
At the center of your being, you have the answer. – Lao Tzu
Hope seems like a good thing, but it is it? In class students resisted the exploration but soon understood and were inspired by the insights. Maybe you will be too!
Amidst all the conflicts going on — the mental illness that leads to massacre, the fear that leads to hate,
Concentration is the heart of the practice. It is how we cultivate Mindfulness. We center in and focus on the
In the vipassana meditation tradition we are taught to focus on the breath. Why? Aren’t there more interesting things to
This week in class we continued our exploration in meditation of the Anapanasati Sutta (mindfulness of the breath), this time
The word ‘concentration’ is so misleading because of the way we think we need to configure our brains to do
We have completed our exploration of the Buddha’s First Foundation of Mindfulness, focusing in turn on the breath, postures, contemplation
In Buddhist practice we begin where we are, with what is readily available in our current experience. As we begin
Since a storm cancelled our class, I will use this week’s post to go over a few meditation techniques that
Have you ever been in a situation where people were feeling sorry for you? Perhaps you had suffered a great