Equanimity, Loving-kindness, Compassion, Joy Meditating on The Four Immeasurables, Parts 1-4 MFI 1 MFI 2 MFI 3 MFI 4 Loving-kindnessDownload Meditation instruction for loving kindness, participants’ experience with that meditation including opening to what arises; doesn’t wishing oneself to be happy actually separate you from certain … [Read more...] about Meditating On The Four Immeasurables 2
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Forget About Being A Buddhist. Be A Human.
Originally published on Tricycle.Over the last few weeks, I’ve received a few emails with questions about a Buddhist response to the 2016 election. Here is one:What does Buddhism have to say about how to respond to the behavior and rhetoric of Donald Trump? And just as important, what does it say about how to respond to his enthusiastic supporters? … [Read more...] about Forget About Being A Buddhist. Be A Human.
Difficult Feelings In a Changing World
I've spoken to more than a few people who say that the results of the election have brought up difficult feelings of a kind they have not encountered before. That's understandable. It's not every day that we experience the world we have known crumbling and collapsing around us. After the election, it became very clear that here, in one of the more … [Read more...] about Difficult Feelings In a Changing World
A Crooked Tree In Changing Times
Originally published on Tricycle.Before the election, I posted a short piece about a Buddhist response to Trump, namely, to forget about being Buddhist and focus instead on being human. In particular, I wrote that our responsibility is to use the skills and capabilities we develop through practice to step out of our own reactivity. Then we have the … [Read more...] about A Crooked Tree In Changing Times
Guru, Deity, Protector 9
Contemporary perspective on the three pillars of Vajrayana practice. Conclusion, part 2 - GDP9 Download Questions and comments on prayer text, magnetization, taking refuge in mind itself, the continual process of meeting what arises in experience, reactive emotions like desire, the eight concerns, working with the type of practice that best … [Read more...] about Guru, Deity, Protector 9
Guru, Deity, Protector 8
Contemporary perspective on the three pillars of Vajrayana practice. Conclusion, part 1- GDP8 Download Questions and comments on prayer text, magnetization, taking refuge in mind itself, the continual process of meeting what arises in experience, reactive emotions like desire, the eight concerns, working with the type of practice that best … [Read more...] about Guru, Deity, Protector 8