Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
Living Peace Guided Meditation
The path between the beginning of our pains and their ending is the Buddha’s Middle Way. Rare in this world, it is worthy of our trust – through a subtle shift in perspective. There is freedom from mental suffering – not by avoiding it…
Out of the Wilderness
We are blazing a trail out of the wilderness of ill-will, greed, and delusion in the world. It may feel as if we are walking a razor’s edge – at times bereft or lost – and we must all face death. But the Buddha…
Sheltering in Kindness
By nature, we are inclined to care for ourselves. Do we also wish to see others well and happy? Reflecting that we are all subject to the universal law of impermanence, so too, let us consider how caring for ourselves is a way of…
Setting Good Intentions – Then Life Happens
How powerful, disarming, and distracting is the sense world where the mind is easily caught in desire, hate and delusion. Clinging we suffer. But sufferings spur us on to discover a quality of peace that is unshakeable. When we learn to abide with the…
Enter the Timeless – Guided Meditation
We are eager to know how to quiet the restless and anxious mind. But how will peace ever come in the face of life’s struggles? Listen to that inner cry with present moment awareness. Softly, simply, be present, balance, and rest on the pinnacle…
Seeds of Awakening
As pure witness, we sail the inner sea in our own heart’s silent awareness. Not plundering the mystery of this silence with concepts, we listen. Even in the midst of the noise of life, or the chaos of the world, we can stop there…
Be Your Own Doctor
When fear, anger, sorrow, or shame arise, the Buddha advises us: “Be your own doctor.” See. Feel. Know the suffering within. To cherish the silence of the mind is to go beyond fear and all cousins of darkness. When we rest in the present…
When the Ship Leaves the Harbour
We are ever concerned about what we eat and the condition of the body. Yet care for the mind brings spiritual health. It’s a question of balance. Mind is the forerunner of all things. And happiness and joy will surely follow when we rejoice…
Practise Disarmament
Compassion is the benevolent sister of harmlessness. Caring for ourselves, we care for each other – just as caring for each other, we care for ourselves. But how shall we live harmlessly in a world filled with anger, greed, and ignorance? May virtue prevail…
Seeking Buddha Every Moment
To understand suffering is to know the way out of suffering in our life. So, we trust the perfectly enlightened Buddha – most noble friend and guide to the heart’s awakening. Turning away from greed, hatred, selfishness and conceit, cleanse the cobwebs of delusion…
~ Dhammapada Verse 54