The Nature and Purpose of Śamatha

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June 4, 2021

// by B. Alan Wallace Buddhist inquiry into the natural world proceeds from a radically different point of departure…

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Bardo of Becoming

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June 4, 2021

// by Andrew Holecek If you are well trained, your first after-death experience will be the luminous bardo of…

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Strong Mental Health In Five Practical Steps

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May 30, 2021

By Blake D. Bauer Step 1:  Express Your Emotions Honestly and Kindly Our mental wellness is intimately connected to…

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Suffering Effectively: Reflections on the First Noble Truth

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May 24, 2021

/// By David Chernikoff  I first heard the phrase effective suffering from meditation teacher Shinzen Young, who used it…

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Walking into Quiet

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May 12, 2021

By Tim Gallati // We may not know it, but we have a well-established history with environmental noise. From…

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Peace

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May 12, 2021

By Katharine Kaufman This morning, right after the sun, I scraped ice off windshield and drove East, past black…

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Self-Compassion ‘Is’ Self-Protection: A Guided Practice

May 11, 2021

By Ann Saffi Biasetti // The word self-protection may feel elusive and hard to wrap our mind around as…

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Communication is the Key to Happiness

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May 10, 2021

In this video, meditation master Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche, a meditation master in the Nyingma lineage of the Buddhist tradition,…

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Post Pandemic Possibilities for Educators 

May 7, 2021

by Rona Wilensky,  PassageWorks Institute // When our country shut down in March 2020 to limit the spread of COVID-19,…

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Freedom within the Dimensions of Silent Retreat Practice 

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May 6, 2021

by Janet Solyntjes // Do you associate the practice of mindfulness meditation with freedom? How is freedom discovered within the form of a meditation retreat?  This article…

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Samu: Training the Mind to Stay Present

April 8, 2021

By Dhi Good // “Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.” …

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Becoming Ageless As We Age

April 8, 2021

By Marcella Friel // Having no choice but to stay home this past year, I’ve taken advantage of the…

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