Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
First Insights: Ways of Working with Hindrances
Brief summary of right effort. A talk given during Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts Monastic Retreat at Insight Meditation Society Retreat Centre in 2013.
Brightening Agents: 7 Enlightenment Factors
Brightening agents to cleanse the mind of hindrances. A talk given during Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts Monastic Retreat at Insight Meditation Society Retreat Centre in 2013.
One Inalienable Right
We can free our hearts from suffering. A talk given during Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts Monastic Retreat at Insight Meditation Society Retreat Centre in 2013.
Boundless Metta in Difficult Times: A Guided Meditation
We can develop boundless quality of Metta in difficult conditions. A guided meditation during Waking Up to the Peace in Our Hearts Monastic Retreat at Insight Meditation Society Retreat Centre in 2013.
The Buddha’s Positioning System – BPS: Truth Coordinates for Daily Life Practice
The Buddha gives us coordinates to guide us in our practice, to get our bearings in this world so that we can realize what we are carrying and where we are going. We have the gift of mindfulness, the gift of wisdom or the…
Grow in the Master’s Way
Learn how to cultivate the Master’s Way by dedicating mind and body to the path that leads to purification of mind. With time and patience, the hindrances will fall away and the clarity, serenity, and joy of the Dhamma will be revealed. A talk…
Satipaññā and Refuge to the Rescue
How can we avoid the pitfalls that Mara sets for us on the path? Develop Sati (mindfulness) to act as a gatekeeper that can recognize the earliest signs of delusion, ill will, and greed. At the same time, cultivate paññā, wisdom and sharp discernment…
Friendship With the Lovely
The Sārāņīya dhammas are conciliatory qualities of harmony, friendship, and good will in community. Sārāņīya can also mean remembering our true refuge, shelter, and protection. We gain peace and happiness in life especially when we face difficulties in relationships with ‘sārāņīya’ qualities of loving-kindness,…
This is Not Beyond Our Doing
We can bear witness to each others’ suffering by recognizing genuine spiritual friends or kalyānamitta who share our values and our desire for awakening. Spiritual friends can help us identify our individual pitfalls and support our letting go of these obstacles. It is a…
Dhamma MRI – Mindful, Radical Investigation
How can we work through mental habits that are deeply rooted? With patience, courage, and penetrating discernment, we scan the heart and identify our suffering. At last, waves of compassion, loving-kindness, joy, and calm arise to bless and heal us internally and in any…
~ Dhammapada Verse 54