Bodhisattva Vow DownloadQuestions on spiritual longings and the vow and when one should take the vow. … [Read more...] about Bodhisattva Vow
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Antidote for Different Notions of Self
Antidote for Different Notions of Self Five skandhas, twelve sense fields, eighteen elements, twelve links, four truths, time. download audio file … [Read more...] about Antidote for Different Notions of Self
A Practice For Releasing Emotional Reactions
Instruction in five-step method of releasing from Thich Naht Hanh based on bare attention and the four foundations of mindfulnessdownload audio file … [Read more...] about A Practice For Releasing Emotional Reactions
A Perspective On The Three Jewels
A talk on The Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, Sanghadownload audio file … [Read more...] about A Perspective On The Three Jewels
Prayer Without Blind Faith
We were gathered in the temple for a daylong ritual during a three-year retreat in France. The person who was leading the chants that month had a wry sense of humor. When we had all sat down and were ready for him to begin, he paused. We waited. In the silence that opened, he gently intoned, Mes frères, prions. (“Let us pray, my … [Read more...] about Prayer Without Blind Faith
A Passage To Light
A simple ceremony when someone close to you dies When someone close to us dies, our connection with that person is broken and cannot be restored. Yet the web of connections does not disintegrate right away. It gradually unravels — strands releasing one by one. Each strand is a memory or a recollection, arising in no particular order, triggered by a … [Read more...] about A Passage To Light