Homecoming
My first in-person meditation retreat since COVID. What a homecoming! And what a relief!
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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
Reflections on the Climate Crisis Summit at Spirit Rock
Notes and reflections on the climate crisis summit at Spirit Rock.
Coming home
When I first arrived at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in the early 1990’s, it felt like a homecoming. Home to
A very different kind of retreat
I have just returned from a three day conference/retreat of Intersangha, the annual meeting of the Buddhist Insight Network held
Fear, Metta and the Long Goodbye
Letting Go of Fear At the heart of every difficulty of letting go of anything we find fear, nestled like
Day Long Retreat
Last Thursday, instead of a 90-minute class, I led a day-long silent retreat at the guest house and gardens of
The Lasting Value of a Meditation Retreat
Last week we talked about the Three Refuges, ‘The Triple Gem’ of the Buddha, the dharma and the sangha, or
The Sweet Silence of the Sangha on Retreat
In an August post I gave a pretty thorough accounting of the retreat experience at Spirit Rock. This late November
On Retreat
I am off to Spirit Rock for a ten night Thanksgiving retreat, so I posted the gratitude dharma talk early,
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