Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
Take Your Medicine
Cultivation of a spiritual path depends on a holistic approach. It is more than meditation alone. We take the entire course of the Buddha’s prescription for life. Just as a patient requires treatment and is given medicine for it, we must finish the entire…
Devotion
A talk given during Satipaññā Insight Meditation Toronto retreat in 2015.
Noble Search and Rescue
How can we stay true to our spiritual aspirations and work to fulfill them without compromise? Diligence in our practice is a great resource for growing the endurance, patience, and courage we will need to guard the mind against the hindrances and keep our…
Moral Integrity, Courage and Peace
The real path to peace lies in developing moral integrity. Our spiritual strength depends on purity of heart and action. We learn to identify unwholesome habits that obstruct our well-being and practice courageous compassion to discover the joy of harmlessness. These are the qualities…
Practice Forgiveness: Guided Metta Meditation
A talk given at Satipaññā Insight Meditation Toronto in 2015.
Sowing Grace
A talk given at Toronto Theravada Buddhist Community in 2015.
Reading: Therigatha – Arahant Subha Bhikkhuni’s Poem
A reading during Satipaññā Insight Meditation Toronto retreat in 2016.
Reading: Sayadaw U Pandita – Mother Hen
A reading during Satipaññā Insight Meditation Toronto retreat in 2016.
Be Like Bamboo
The jhana factors serve as antidotes to the five hindrances as well as supports in developing the Noble Eightfold Path. But they are not enough in and of themselves to establish wisdom. Studying the body and mind through samatha and vipassana, we come to…
Who’s Sitting Under the Bodhi Tree?
The mind is so easily duped by its own delusion. By holding perceptions, views and opinions – our own, as well as others – as “uncertain”, and being circumspect, we can bear witness to experience as the Knowing Mind, unburdened by its conditioning. When…
~ Dhammapada Verse 54