From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts
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Feeling stuck?
For years we’ve had two patio tables that serve no purpose in our garden. I would occasionally think I needed to get rid of them, but there they sat, year in and year out, unused and unappreciated. Then — who knows why — yesterday morning I got on my rubber gloves, grabbed some rags, soap…
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What is the sound of many cell phones ringing?
The sweetest thing in the world — besides a baby of any species — is a sangha in silence on a meditation retreat. The quiet is delicious, like fine wine mellowing as it ages. Each day of the retreat the sangha (community of meditators) becomes more synchronized and sensate. Slowing down in the silence, there’s…
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Take Wing!
We all ride the worldly winds of life, but are we flailing, falling or flapping our wings more than we need to? Or do we think we can avoid the winds by cowering in our nest? We can’t. The Buddha’s Eight Worldly Winds (Gain/Loss, Pleasure/Pain, Praise/Blame, and Fame/Disgrace) are a metaphor for life itself. As…
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Radiate!
Happy Summer Solstice! Can you be fully present in this miraculous moment and radiate lovingkindness like the sun?
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Breaking News Breaking Your Heart?
If you feel worse for having watched the news, it’s not necessarily because the world’s going to hell in a hand-basket. It may be your brain saying ‘Give me a break!’ As concerned citizens of the world, we recognize our responsibility to stay informed, to understand the issues that face our society today. But we…
STEPHANIE NOBLE 