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Corks and Stones | Guided Meditation with Josh
Mindfulness functions like a stone that doesn’t stop the flow of the river, rather it comes to a deeper and calmer relationship to the flowing content of the river of […]
The Yoga of Grief | Donna Brooks
“One of the paradoxes about life is that when we’re really open to life, the tremendous suffering and the tremendous joy can coexist.” – Donna Brooks
Digging Deep | Dharma Talk
When you dig the well deep enough, you realize we’re all drinking from the same source. – Abdullah Ibrahim
Winter’s Listening | Guided Meditation with Josh
Listen to the movement of experience and listen to the space within which this occurs. – Josh Summers
Yang Vipassana Meditation | Dharma Talk
The only job of a yogi is to note the object that is most predominant, moment by moment. – Sayadaw U Pandita
The Divine Algorithm Sutta | Robert Wright
Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them. – Robert Wright
Relaxing the Breathing | Dharma Talk
Buddhists, however, saw that karma acts in feedback loops, with the present moment being shaped by both past and by present actions; present actions shape not only the future but […]
The Power of Mythos | Bernie Clark
The point of a map isn’t to be right. The point of a map is to help me with something; it’s to be useful. – Bernie Clark
The Karma of Breathing | Dharma Talk
Buddhists, however, saw that karma acts in feedback loops, with the present moment being shaped by both past and by present actions; present actions shape not only the future but […]
Attention Collapse and Inner Climate Change | Howard Axelrod
The kind of attention you rely on, and the kind of attention you let atrophy, ultimately becomes a decision about what you value as worth perceiving. – Howard Axelrod
Gratitude For Good Karma: Dharma Talk
A person of integrity is grateful and thankful. This gratitude, this thankfulness is advocated by civil people. – Buddha, Katannu Sutta
From Patience to Peace: Dharma Talk
If you sit and patiently endure, you find your mind going into a state of calm. That calm occurs because there’s no more trying to become something or trying to […]
Peace Within Uncertainty (Part 2): Dharma Talk
Yet, along with sorrow, there is the backdrop of consciousness, the inner atmosphere that holds whatever arises, like the sky holds lightning… Through our practice of meditation, access to the […]
Peace Within Uncertainty: Dharma Talk
Recognition of the Yin Will allows for the creation of the virtue of Wisdom. This Wisdom is not about knowing things. In fact, it is more about being deeply connected […]
Robert Wright: War, Peace and Cognitive Bias
Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them. – Robert Wright
Vipassana on the Path: Dharma Talk (Episode 145)
Within the process of Vipassana meditation, the meditator develops and rests within a capacity to remain calm and clear towards the entire display of visceral, cerebral and environmental content. – […]
Basic Vipassana Instructions (Part 2): Dharma Talk (Episode 144)
Just as sounds arise and cease naturally within the field of awareness, when attending to their body, the meditator begins to perceive the same impersonal display of sensations arising and […]
Basic Vipassana Instructions (Part 1): Dharma Talk (Episode 143)
When we shift into a vipassana lens of practice, there are no distractions. Each experience the meditator encounters becomes the practice, itself – an experience to see clearly and relate […]
The Key To Stillness (Part 2): Dharma Talk (Episode 142)
“Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss or tranquility, nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is simply the creation of a […]
David Barash: Buddhism and Biology (Episode 141))
“We do not confront the world; rather, the world confronts itself, temporarily masquerading as each of us.” – David Barash