Octopus wisdom the Buddha would approve
My Octopus Teacher on Netflix inspires a Buddhist insight meditation teacher to explore the nature of interconnection and self-care.
Category: Eightfold Path
Should I stay or should I go?
As businesses reopen we each have difficult choices. Here’s a way to evaluate our decisions from a Buddhist perspective.
Feeling out of control?
Stephanie shares a Buddhist story and a personal story that might help.
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
It’s not the load that breaks you down
Lean Horne said “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” This dharma post explores how to handle life challenges from a wiser perspective, making wiser choices and lightening the load.
Caught up in a people-pleasing pickle?
Some thoughts about Wise Action and all the ways we go astray. And a video of our garden in bloom!
The power of pausing
When I lead a guided meditation, I always offer the idea of cultivating a spacious field of awareness for thoughts
What’s that smell?
The aroma rising from something cooking occurs long after all the ingredients have been chopped, measured, mixed and heated. Yet,
Let’s spice it up!
In our Cooking Pot analogy of the Buddha’s Eightfold Path, Wise Mindfulness is what we are cooking in the pot,
The heart of the practice
In our ongoing exploration of the Buddha’s Eightfold Path, using the Cooking Pot Analogy that I created years ago to
