From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts
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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…
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Why wait for world peace to find inner peace?
We often think that if only circumstances were different, we could relax and find peace. Whether it’s our body, relationships, work, or the world, we believe everything has to be just so before we can be happy. But here’s a reminder from the ancient Buddhist texts that helps us see through the lie we keep…
STEPHANIE NOBLE 