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"At the center of your being, you have the answer." – Lao Tzu

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August 29, 2020 Buddha / cause of suffering / dukkha / meditation / three poisons

It doesn’t have to be so hard

How do you see your inner life? Often we create treacherous inner landscapes we must navigate. This dharma post offers a better way.

July 25, 2020 Buddha / interconnection / meditation / self-doubt / self-image / thoughts

“I am awake” — Gautama Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama must have looked particularly radiant the day someone asked him if he was a divine being. Not surprising,

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April 17, 2020 Buddha / Eightfold Path / listening / meditation / Wise Speech

Words weave us together or tear us apart

Sheltering in place can be like a refuge, or it can be like a pressure cooker. And one thing that

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October 12, 2019 Buddha / discipline / Eightfold Path / Four Noble Truths / meditation / science / suffering

The Buddha’s cure for what ails us all

If the Buddha were alive today and took an aptitude test to determine a career path, he would no doubt

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October 5, 2018 Buddha / concentration / meditation practice / Seven Factors of Awakening / Siddhartha

You can focus like Siddhartha under the ficus

Twenty-six hundred years ago, under a tree, a seeker named Siddhartha Gautama sat in meditation, determined not to stop meditating

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February 20, 2016 Buddha / craving / desire / letting go / Paramis / Paramitas / Renunciation / Uncategorized

Can’t get no satisfaction?

Sometimes right in the middle of a meal, I remember about dessert. Suddenly I can’t taste what I’m eating. My

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March 16, 2015 Buddha / clinging / grasping / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / letting go

Root-bound – Learning to Let Go

Just outside in the early spring sunshine, my neighbors were trying to pull a root-bound rosemary plant out of its

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March 31, 2013 Basho / Buddha / five aggregates / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / letting go / spring

Spring Cleaning

The Buddha is quoted in the Pali Canon as saying that to define yourself in any way is to limit

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September 23, 2012 awareness / bowing / Buddha / Four Foundations of Mindfulness / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post

The Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness – an introduction

In our meditation practice we notice physical sensation, emotions and thoughts as well as any insights that arise in the

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October 29, 2011 Buddha / experiential exercise / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / middle way / poem / self-exploration

Buddha’s River Analogy cont’d: Poetry & an Exercise

In our exploration of the Buddha’s river analogy to talk about the Middle Way, we are looking and questioning what’s

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Stephanie Noble, author of 'Asking In, Six Empowering Questions Only You Can Answer', has been teaching insight meditation since 2004, and sharing her dharma posts since 2007. She serves as a board member of the Buddhist Insight Network. She is currently teaching her Thursday morning Marin Insight women's class on Zoom. Contact for an invitation.

“Stephanie is an experienced Buddhist teacher with a deep practice and a very kind heart. My meditation group is fortunate to receive the benefits of her presence and teaching.”
– Rick Hanson, PhD., N.Y. Times bestselling author of Buddha’s Brain, Hardwiring Happiness, and other books

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