Tag: suffering
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Infusion II
Have you ever been online in a Zoom meeting when you looked up and realized you were staring at a blank screen? The spokes of the “Wheel of Frustration” moving…
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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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Noble Truth III-A — Cessation
The Third Noble Truth is that the cessation of suffering is to be realized. The realization of the cessation of suffering is not an intellectual concept, but rather a direct…
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Noble Truth II — Causes
We have discussed the First Noble Truth presented by the Buddha: Suffering exists and we need to fully understand the nature of suffering. The Second Noble Truth is that our…
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Noble Truth I — Suffering
What drew us to a meditation/spiritual practice in the beginning? What enticed you to go to your first meditation sit? What caught your attention on the flyer or email that…
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Eight Worldly Winds I
In the Lokavipatti Sutta of the Buddhist Scriptures, the Buddha taught that pleasure and pain, gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute (sometimes called the “eight worldly winds”)…
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Addiction I
Don’t get me wrong, I know you are not an “addict.” But I also know that you are addicted. Do you know what your addictions are? What is it that…
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Absolute & Relative II
As we continue to explore the spaciousness and clarity of open awareness practices, many of us enjoy dropping into this space, the natural openness of the mind, where we can…
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