Dharma explorations by Stephanie Noble

From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts

  • Putting lovingkindness first eases everything!

    Putting lovingkindness first eases everything!

    Fresh from a meditation retreat, I have a treat for you!

  • Match Your Meditation to Your Mood

    Match Your Meditation to Your Mood

    There’s more than one way to meditate. Different traditions have different practices. Most people think that Vipassana is focused on the breath. That’s an excellent meditation and the breath is handy and dependable for most of us. But it is only one of many objects of concentration the Buddha recommended. We might default to the…

  • Find a noisy place to meditate!

    Find a noisy place to meditate!

    It’s wonderful to meditate in a tranquil setting, but if we wait for the perfect conditions, we rob ourselves of a vital technique for cultivating awareness and compassion in all areas of our lives.

  • Joy isn’t the same as happiness

    Joy isn’t the same as happiness

    Chasing happiness or cultivating joy is a choice we make in every moment. But what is the difference between the two?

  • What’s cooking? That depends.

    What’s cooking? That depends.

    Stephanie Noble uses a helpful analogy to teach about the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path, and, in this case, the concept of Dependent Origination.