Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
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…
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…
Sanctity Deep Within Us: Guided Metta Meditation
Allowing and caring for the moment with tenderness, bringing it forth, we learn to take care of each other as we take care of others. Just as we wish ourselves well, we wish others the same love and care for their well-being and happiness…
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.
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…
Practise Forgiveness: Guided Metta Meditation
The key to awakening is with us – turning the mind to what we all share in the silence of the heart. Virtue leads us there through pure love – timeless, apparent here and now, arising in this moment. We sustain purity of the…
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.
~ Dhammapada Verse 54