Continuing with the theme of Wise Effort in meditation, I wanted to pick up on a thread from Ajahn Sucitto. He writes: “Energy has to be sustainable. For this reason, […]
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Wise Effort 1/3
Last week, I was visiting with a friend who is passionately involved with a project to bring sustainable energy to the millions of people on the planet without adequate energy […]
Wise Livelihood
The theme of Wise Livelihood is something that I think about, a lot. Again and again, it raises its head, like a koan. What does a life of integrity and […]
A Huge Silence
Here in Boston, we’re still reeling from the devastating blasts at the marathon yesterday. I have little, if anything at all, to add to the commentary, buzz and rehash. But […]
Wise Speech
Ok, back to Wise Speech. No doubt, bringing mindfulness to habits of speech is one of the trickiest, hardest and rewarding domains of practice. I was raised in family and […]
The Intention of Compassion
Here, in New England, we’re bracing ourselves for a winter blizzard. Unfortunately, because of the nasty storm predictions, I decided to reschedule this weekend’s Yin training at Fresh Yoga, in […]
Thoughtless Thoughts
Over the years of practicing and sharing meditation, I’ve long believed that attaining a thoughtless state is not the goal of practice. Rather, the aim of practice is to bring […]
The Intention of Good Will
Before I continue with reflections from the Eightfold Path, I wanted to indulge in some shameless name-dropping. If you’ve been to my classes, you’ve caught wind of this. But during […]
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Just over a week ago, I was driving a few friends back to Boston after a meditation retreat with Rodney Smith and Narayan Liebenson Grady at the Insight Meditation Society. […]