Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
Baby Lotus Rising – Guided Meditation
Consciousness plays a beautiful silent concerto in the mind’s pure presence. Listening deeply, beyond the masks of the conditioned world that appears and disappears, without grasping or getting lost in any of it – we explore the truth of the present moment. What do…
Knowing Our True Nature
How far we have strayed from knowing our true nature. So we exert vigorous present moment attention to train the mind. Aware, alert, and focused, we discard intrusive mental ‘malware’, cutting through the river of thought to bear witness beyond it. We shelter in…
The Mind Like A Tamed Elephant
The Buddha encourages us to delight in vigilance, to live an examined life – mindful, patient, ethical and reflective. We both protect the mind while investigating it and probing deeply. And we train it just as the elephant trainer tames a wild elephant. We…
Without Pain, No Enlightenment
When we suffer in body or mind, we are called to investigate pain and its causes – are we ill, threatened, injured, broken in spirit, or have we hurt someone else? Awareness of the causes enables us to respond well. But reflecting on and…
Start Where You Are
Where is peace if not within us? The world may be on fire but we start where we are, guided by the Buddha himself. Just being with the breath, studying the law of impermanence, see how it is ever changing – arising and ceasing….
A Force for Peace
This is a realm of suffering and happiness. Greed, hatred, and delusion seem to be burning everywhere and we may feel helpless to control those fires. But there is one fire that we can extinguish and it is within us. Cultivating mindfulness moment by…
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…
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…
~ Dhammapada Verse 54