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

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Category: Second Noble Truth

April 24, 2021 addiction / craving / desire / Feeding Your Demons / grasping / identity / meditation / Second Noble Truth / tanha / Tsultrim Allione / William Blake

Kiss the joy as it flies

A poem by William Blake inspires a dharma post on finding joy.

September 28, 2019 Four Noble Truths / illusion / Mara / meditation / middle way / Second Noble Truth / three poisons

If you’re struggling, this will be music to your ears

Another insight the Buddha had upon awakening can help us in our dealings with the Three Poisons of greed, aversion and delusion. We don’t have to make it so hard on ourselves, as this sharing shows.

September 21, 2019 aversion / cause of suffering / delusion / Four Noble Truths / greed / Second Noble Truth

Why does it hurt?

Cute kid photos help us to identify the causes of our own suffering as we explore the Buddha’s Second Noble Truth.

August 10, 2013 cause of suffering / dukkha / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / Second Noble Truth

“I’m in an abusive relationship with life.” – Homer Simpson We’ve been exploring the concept of dukkha, the suffering that

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September 4, 2010 Four Noble Truths / Fourth Noble Truth / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / meditation / noticing / Second Noble Truth / Third Noble Truth

Fix-it? Forget it!

We were discussing the Second Noble Truth, and how we can each notice the way we create suffering for ourselves

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August 22, 2010 aversion / clinging / future / grasping / greed / happiness / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / human brain / open embrace / present moment / Second Noble Truth

Holding Your Life in an Open Embrace

This was a speech with visual aids. I will try to get permission to use the photos I shared in

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August 12, 2010 http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / human development / nature / Second Noble Truth

Nature: Honoring Our Wisest Dharma Teacher

Like all animals we are programmed to go toward what is pleasant and to back away from what is unpleasant.

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August 4, 2010 aging / mirror / questioning / Second Noble Truth / wrinkles

Mirror, mirror

‘Okay,’ I thought as I began writing this talk, ‘This will be the big one. This will be the dharma

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July 23, 2010 beginning meditation / cause of suffering / Four Noble Truths / future / http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post / judgment / present moment / Second Noble Truth

Coming into relationship with what is

Coming into relationship with what is – that’s what we are doing in our practice. We can stop running around

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July 15, 2010 aversion / cause of suffering / delusion / Four Noble Truths / greed / Second Noble Truth / suffering

Second Noble Truth: Insight

With the First Noble Truth we recognize the fact that there is suffering in life. Though it sounds harsh, this

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Stephanie Noble

Since 2004, Stephanie has taught her Thursday women's insight meditation group, now on Zoom. Contact for an invitation. She serves as a board member of the Buddhist Insight Network.

“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, Neurodharma, and other books

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