From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts
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Wise Livelihood
In the Buddha’s day, the role each person played in the marketplace — their occupation and where they put their money — was easy to gauge. Today our local employer and our local market both draw from and perhaps cater to complex and often hidden international market, and we provide each other with an amazing…
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Live the Questions — an experiential exercise
The beginning of a new year is a great time to do a little inner questioning and reflection. In Buddhism, the most useful ongoing question is ‘How do I live in relationship to this situation?’ The most useless is ‘Why me?’ But there are lots of other useful questions to pose, and we’ll be exploring…
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‘Tis the season…
Happy Solstice! In this time of deepest darkness, all about us nature is quieting down, settling in, and going dormant. Meanwhile many of us are busier than ever, adding even more to our social calendar and to do list. Whether we celebrate Christmas or not, most women can relate to the sense of wanting to…
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Wise Speech — Poetry & Meditation
I couldn’t end our exploration of the use of words without visiting poetry, for poetry is the natural outpouring of the meditative mind, a mind that is present, clear, fearless and filled with tenderness for all life.I am fortunate to be a member of an ongoing class at the College of Marin called ‘The Poetic…
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Wise Speech – Our Words Matter
You can see from our past two discussions that Wise Speech is not just about talking. It’s also about developing a comfort with a quality of loving silence and developing the skill of really listening to others.Many Americans among blog followers had the opportunity to test these skills last Thursday on Thanksgiving with family and…
STEPHANIE NOBLE 