Talk: Compassionate Communication - Part 1 - Needs
26 minutes | We begin a series on compassionate communication. These talks rely heavily on the principles of Non-Violent Communication as...
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Feb 19, 2021
Talk: Inviting Discomfort to Tea
27 minutes | The Buddha invites us to lean into that which is uncomfortable. It is here that we grow. There are many challenges in our...
Jan 14, 2021
Talk: Deep Diving - Exploring What is Most Important
36 minutes | The desires of the deepest self are not necessarily in alignment with the desires of the ego self. In this talk we explore...
Dec 23, 2020
Talk: Cultivating the Spiritual Heart
19 Minutes | Starting with the Metta Sutta, and moving through spiritual poetry, we explore the relationship between personal and...
Dec 16, 2020
Talk: Who Are We, Really? Musings on Identity
29 minutes | In this talk we explore different ways to experience "Who we are". We tend to experience ourselves as separate egoic selves,...
Nov 25, 2020
Talk: Gratitude
One of my teachers told me repeatedly that to become Awakened required three foundations: 1) Relaxed body; 2) Empty mind; and 3) Grateful...
Nov 19, 2020
Talk: The Ten Perfections - Resolve
23 minutes | This talk looks at some of the factors that go into cultivating resolve. Resolve is needed when we are intentionally moving...
Nov 6, 2020
Talk: The Ten Perfections - Equanimity
Equanimity is a powerful heart practice, combining lovingkindness, compassion, and joy with wisdom and clear seeing. This post, offered...
Oct 18, 2020
Talk: The Ten Perfections - Wisdom
26 minutes | Wisdom is a powerful tool for creating freedom. There are three levels of wisdom, each deeper than the last. We discuss some...
Oct 1, 2020
Talk: The Ten Perfections—Virtue
19 minutes | The cultivation of Virtue or Ethics is a core teaching of the Buddha, central to the 8-fold path. In this talk we explore...
Sep 29, 2020
Talk: Emptiness of Concept
24 minutes | We tend to live in a world of concepts. These concepts are just thoughts, not reality. When we can start to see through the...
Sep 29, 2020
Talk: Emptiness of Satisfactoriness
25 minutes | According to the Buddha, the source of stress is the tendency to grasp for worldly phenomena to make us happy,...
Sep 29, 2020
Talk: The Five Remembrances
21 minutes | The Buddha invited his students to meditate on Five Remembrances related to impermanence and identity. This is a profound...
Sep 29, 2020
Talk: Navigating Change
16 minutes | The only constant is change. And yet, we live expecting much of our worldly experience will stay the same. In this talk we...
Sep 29, 2020
Talk: The Ten Perfections—Generosity
24 minutes | Generosity was the first teaching of the Buddha to laypeople. The cultivation of appropriate generosity goes far toward...
Sep 29, 2020
Talk: Wise Action
30 minutes | Mindfulness of ethical behavior is a core part of the Buddhist teachings. The Buddha invites people to train in cultivating...
Sep 29, 2020
Talk: The Nature of Insight
56 minutes | When we engage in inquiry practice, we do it with the aspiration that insights will arise. These insights bring with them a...
Sep 29, 2020
Talk: Mindfulness of Story
47 minutes | Much of our suffering arises because we get caught in the story of our lives. Yet story seems to be intimately connected to...
Sep 29, 2020
Talk: Mindful Relationships
44 minutes | One of the most important aspect of mindfulness practice is cultivating deeper, kinder and more intimate relationships,...
Sep 29, 2020
Talk: Body-Assisted Intention
57 minutes | The Buddha invites us to cultivate the intentions of renunciation (letting go of clinging) and lovingkindness. We can use...
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