The Experience of Breathing as the Object of Shamatha – Beginner’s Mediation
From the Sanity Sit on May 12, 2021.
New Podcast up today
Check our our new podcast, a talk in the Seven Points of Mind Training Series—on Point 3-Aphorism 13: Contemplate the Kindness of Everyone In a world like ours today, how…
Ritual Objects: the Bell and Dorje
A bell and dorje are ritual implements in Tibetan Buddhism? What is their use and meaning?
When I say, “Just let go.”
She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go.She let go of fear. She let go of judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming…
After the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path
The Fourth Noble Truth said clearly and plainly that there is a way out of suffering, a path to genuine and lasting liberation. The Buddha outlined it in several sutras…
The Fourth Noble Truth
The Fourth Noble Truth is that there is a path to liberation. Of this truth the Buddha said, “This path leading to the cessation of suffering, as a noble truth,…
The Third Noble Truth
The Third Noble Truth is that suffering can end. Of this truth the Buddha said, “This cessation of suffering, as a noble truth, should be realized directly.” It would be…
The Second Noble Truth
The Second Noble truth is that suffering has a cause. It doesn't just randomly arise. We're quite familiar with the notion that if we understand the cause of something, we…
The First Noble Truth
Shariputra, one of the main disciples of the Buddha. The first teaching of the Buddha is called "The Four Noble Truths". These were his insights about human existence. Inside these…
All things come to an end…even a pandemic
The pandemic may possibly come to an end soon. Quick! Before you lose this precious opportunity, ask yourself what you can do during a pandemic that you can't do after…