Dharma explorations by Stephanie Noble

From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts

  • 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 and emotions to pass through. This allows us to notice all that arises without getting entangled. (Of course, meditation is a practice, and often we do get entangled, but then we compassionately refocus our attention…

  • What’s that smell?

    The aroma rising from something cooking occurs long after all the ingredients have been chopped, measured, mixed and heated. Yet, whether it smells delicious or stinks, it is the FIRST thing we notice.  Just so, we can see that in the Cooking Pot Analogy for the Buddha’s Eightfold Path, speech, action, and livelihood arise like…

  • 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 nourishment for our well being. Wise Intention and Wise Effort make it possible to cook. Wise Concentration stirs it to perfection. And Wise View is the pot that holds Mindfulness and is seasoned by…