Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
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 Greater Happiness
All around us, we witness suffering – greed, hatred, and delusion are burning everywhere. We too are burning. We may feel helpless to extinguish those external flames, but we can put out the fires within us. Seeing the harm of unskillful habits and disenchanted…
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…
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…
Celebrate Goodness
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…
~ Dhammapada Verse 54