We can end suffering in this lifetime with our own efforts, but the meditation practice is only one part of this path to freedom.
The Five Precepts: 1. Abstain form taking life 2. Abstain from taking what is not given 3. Abstain from sexual misconduct 4. Abstain from lying or harmful speech 5. Abstain from drugs and alcohol
Read MoreWhat do you find unacceptable? Acceptance is not the same as complacency. The more mindful we are, the more we can see that everything is constantly changing. Understanding with wisdom that everything is impermanent and accepting this is the reality
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Read MoreHow to cultivate a mind that is forgiving.
I forgive you not because you deserve it or don't deserve it, but because I don't want to hold on to the suffering of hatred. I do it for my own happiness. I forgive you, as much as I can in this moment, whether it was intentional or unintentional.
Read MoreThe Buddha. As he discovered mindfulness and really started to investigate his own direct experience, he saw everything perceived as, “pleasant and unpleasant and neutral” But, we have this instinctual craving - drive - to cling to the pleasure; to want it to feel good. And we don't have much built-in tolerance for pain. We have aversion. We have resistance to pain.
Read MoreHow often have you, at home, thought, “OK. I'm going to sit for 45 minutes…and then 15 minutes in you're like, **** it. I'm going to go do the dishes. I'm going to check my email.”
Read MoreEach one of us has a core primary personality tendency that falls into one of the categories of the causes of suffering.
Read MoreAll beings, including you, including me. If we want it. If we are willing to work hard, we can purify all of our karma.
Read MoreWhat are some of the funny things that your mind does that often don't feel that funny? Things that you take personally and you suffer about, but in a wise moment you realize, “It's so ridiculous that my mind...”
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Read MoreHow does your mind create suffering for you most days; Stress, anger, anxiousness, self-centeredness, a fear or loathing, low self-esteem, insecurity?
Read MoreKarma is our only true possession. This is why it’s important to remind ourselves every day, “I better be careful with how I speak. I better be careful with how I interact and how I react because I'm going to own all of that.” There's no karma free zones you know….
Read MoreThe Buddha said the highest form of human happiness is integrity.
Blamelessness and integrity.
Read MoreDenial is not a good strategy. Avoidance. Distraction. Not a good strategy. But turning towards.
Read MoreDon't push. Just use the weight of your own body.
Read MoreI was wondering if you can reflect for a moment on the assumption that nothing in your life needs to change? Nothing outside of you needs to change for you to be happy, for you to be totally at ease, free from suffering.
Read MoreHow often does that thought arise in your life? Whether it's about potato chips or thinking,
“I'm just gonna …or… I've already kind of contemplated this 3700 times but I'm going to go over it one more time before I get to sleep. Let me just think about this a little bit more.”
All of the Buddha's teachings came out of conversations he was having with people.
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