Tag: mindfulness
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Handshake II
Recall, if you will, that the first point of Handshake Practice (Compassionate Presence to Feelings) is to Remember Who You Are! The second point of handshake practice from Tsoknyi Rinpoche…
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Handshake Practice
One of the most powerful practices that I have learned, and that we use in our practice, is called Handshake Practice, developed by Tsoknyi Rinpoche, a Tibetan Lama. We know…
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Habitual Patterns
This week’s words are from the Insight Meditation teacher Trudy Goodman in an article from Lion’s Roar magazine. The habitual patterns that arise in us seem to have a life…
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Generosity I
Generosity is one of the first teachings that the Buddha gives. Why is generosity considered a foundational practice on the spiritual path? In the Pali language of the Buddhist texts,…
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Noble Truth III-B — Garage Doors
Now, in relation to the Third Noble Truth: Cessation of Suffering, I would like to talk about Garage Doors. I have a garage. It has a door with an electric…
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Default Setting
The bold text below is taken from a 2005 commencement speech by David Foster Wallace, quoted in the book How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell: Wallace gives the students…
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Befriending Loneliness I
This week’s quote is from Dr. Christiane Wolf, physician and mindfulness teacher at InsightLA, about reactions to the social restrictions we experienced in 2020. If anything, this pandemic has taught…
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