Being a friend in times of need
When someone is suffering, what can we say or do to help? The wise women of my weekly sangha offer advice from years of experience. And the Buddha has a few guidelines too.
Category: loss
What role does ritual play in your life?
Exploring the different between habit and ritual, discovering the value of ritual, whether inherited or invented, and finding a way to ritualize necessary activities to enrich our lives.
But then I remember
Amidst all the conflicts going on — the mental illness that leads to massacre, the fear that leads to hate,
The Practice Put to the Test
In recent weeks my meditation practice was put to the test. Together with my husband and five visiting family members,
How to Sit with an Elephant in the Room
Sometimes in life we are faced with great challenges and difficulties that, when we sit down to meditate, simply
Great Gratitude Retreat
I just led a daylong Great Gratitude retreat that seemed to leave everyone in a state of bliss and yes
The Buddha’s Eight Worldly Winds
It’s been really windy lately. I notice that I get anxious in high wind, imagining how it is sucking the
Transitions, Loss and Discovery
We are in the few weeks between the ‘end of summer’ marked in the US by Labor Day and nature’s
Buddha’s Eight Worldly Winds
In exploring the Buddha’s teaching stories and analogies, I find myself elaborating and embellishing. It feels to me as if
Karuna, Accessing Deep Rooted Compassion
Have you ever been in a situation where people were feeling sorry for you? Perhaps you had suffered a great
