Buddhist Wisdom

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• Accepting Dependence (5/8/13)
• Four Noble Tasks (4/3/13)
• Squabbles Are Impermanent (3/20/13)
• Self-Reliance (3/13/13)
• Boundaries and Interdependence (3/6/13)
• When People Upset You (2/20/13)
• Being Helpful (02/06/13)
• Old Age, Disease, Death . . . and the Unconditioned (01/16/13)
• Neural Circuits of Oneness (01/09/13)
• Types of Meditation (01/02/13)
• The Dharma in a Breath (12/19/12)
• Feeling Fed (12/12/12)
• Questions About Fullness (12/5/12)
• Feeling Loved Enough (11/28/12)
• Taking Refuge in Thanksgiving (11/21/12)
• Taking Refuge in the Truth – Including the Truth of Your Own Good Intentions (11/14/12)
• Taking Refuge in Teachers – Including the One Within (11/7/12)
• Buddhanature and Seeing What’s Lovable  (10/24/12)
• Love to Liberation (10/17/12)
• Disenchantment (10/10/12)
• Drop the “Shoulds” (9/5/12)
• Recognizing That Life Is Difficult for Others (and Yourself) (8/29/12)
• The Buddha’s Advice to His Son (8/15/12)
• Wake Up to Good (8/8/12)
• Clinging and Suffering (8/1/12)
• Trap and Escape (7/25/12)
• Two Kinds of Thought (7/18/12)
• Change and Stillness (6/13/12)
• Here Then Here No More (6/6/12)
• Impermanence (5/30/12)
• The Unconditioned (5/17/12)
• Equanimity – Conditional and Unconditional (5/9/12)
• Concentration and the Jhanas (5/2/12)
• Tranquility (4/4/12)
• Bliss (3/28/12)
• Energy (3/14/12)
• Cling Less, Love More (3/7/12)
• Be Gentle To Yourself (1/18/12)
• Sila (1/11/12)
• Receiving and Releasing (1/4/12)
• Admit Fault and Move On (12/21/11)
• Benevolence and “Assholes” (12/14/11)
• Healthy Attachment Without Clinging (11/30/11)
• Feeding the Wolf of Love (10/26/11)
• Making Sanctuary for Meditation (10/4/11)
• Calm Contented Caring (10/3/11)
• Healthy Passion (9/14/11)
• Like Not Want in Love (9/7/11)
• Why and How to Meditate (8/24/11)
• See Beings Not Bodies (8/3/11)
• Assertive Right Speech (6/15/11)
• Forming Community (6/8/11)
• Patience (6/1/11)
• Healthy Desire (5/18/11)
• Relationship Grit (4/13/11)
• Doubting Yourself (4/6/11)
• Using the Aggregates to Unpack Emotional Reactions (3/30/11)
• The Five Hindrances (3/9/11)
• Others as Aggregates (3/2/11)
• Don’t be Alarmed (2/9/11) Part 1, Part 2
• Dream Big Dreams (1/5/11)
• Quiet Eyes (12/15/10)
• Gratitude and Oneness (11/24/10)
• The Roots of Fear (10/13/10)
• Gratitude and Oneness (11/24/10)
• The Roots of Fear (10/13/10)
• Gratitude and Oneness (11/24/10)
• The Roots of Fear (10/13/10)
• Loving Kindness – with Manny Mansbach (9/22/10)
• Making Sanctuary for the Good (9/8/10)
• Wholesome Aspirations (9/1/10)
• The Intoxication of Anticipation (8/25/10)
• Wanting to Want (8/18/10)
• Your Nature is Already Heartwood (8/11/10)
• The Desires That Get You In Trouble (8/4/10)
• Gratitude Undoes Craving (7/28/10) Part 1, Part 2
• The Sacred (7/21/10)
• Love (7/14/10) Part 1, Part 2
• Relinquishment (7/7/10)
• Embodiment (6/30/10)
• Soften and Open (5/26/10)
• Anticipation (5/12/10)
• Mindfulness of Feeling Tone & Perception (5/5/10) Guided Meditation, Discussion
• Mindfulness of Breathing (4/28/10) Guided Meditation, Discussion
• Deep Mindfulness Is a Kind of Renunciation (4/14/10)
• Why the Buddha Was Mindful (4/7/10)
• Reducing Distractibility (3/31/10)
• What Is Mindfulness? (3/10/10)
• Awakened Brain (2/17/10)
• Slow Down for Clear Knowing (1/27/10)
• Diligence and Mindfulness (1/20/10)
• Happiness Steadies the Mind (1/13/10)
• Nourished by Community (1/6/10)
• Aspirations for the New Year (12/30/09)
• Letting Go – As We Approach the New Year (12/23/09)
• What Kind of Pleasure Will Not Invade the Mind and Remain? (12/16/09)
• Not Fixating on Sex (12/9/09)
• Broadening the Notion of Non-Harming in Sexuality (plus a discussion of self-compassion) (12/2/09)
• Taking the Other Person’s Gender into Account (11/11/09)
• Men and Women, Husbands and Wives (11/4/09)
• Practicing with Gender (10/28/09) Part 1, Part 2
• Practicing with Masculine and Feminine (10/21/09)
• Embodying Kindness (10/14/09)
• Modes of Metta (10/7/09)
• Letting Others Matter (9/30/09)
• Letting Go, Letting In (9/23/09)
• Seeing Craving in Interpersonal Upsets (8/5/09)
• Being Your Refuges (7/29/09)
• The Progressive Path and Taking Refuge (7/22/09)
• The RAINBOW Process (7/15/09)
• Diving into the Upset (7/8/09)
• Your Accumulated Force of Goodness (6/24/09)
• Feeling Safe Enough to Open (6/17/09)
• Unilateral Virtue (5/13/09)
• Gratitude and Generosity (5/6/09)
• Feeling Loved (4/29/09)
• Healthy Boundaries (3/18/09)
• Kindness to Yourself Is Kindness to the World (2/25/09)
• Why We Suffer (2/4/09)
• Letting Go of Lesser Pleasures for Greater Ones (12/31/08)
• The Four Elements (11/12/08)
• Mindfulness of the Body (11/5/08) Part 1, Part 2
• Karma and Self (10/29/08)
• The Five Hindrances (9/10/08)
• Patience Is Like the Earth (8/27/08)
• Cling Less (8/6/08)
• Loving More (7/30/08)
• Mindfulness of Feeling (7/9/08)
• Taking the Step in Front of You (6/25/08)
• Mindful Incarnation (6/4/08)
• True Being (5/28/08)
• Wise Action (5/21/08)
• Right Speech (5/14/08)
• Right Livelihood (5/7/08)
• 3rd Precept: Do Not Harm through Sexuality (4/23/08) Part 1, Part 2
• 4th Precept: Do Not Lie (4/9/08)
• 2nd Precept: Do Not Steal (4/2/08)
• Aggression (3/19/08)
• Aversion (3/12/08)
• 1st Precept: Do not kill (3/5/08)
• Virtue (2/27/08)
• Diversity (2/20/08)
• Faultlessly Imperfect (2/13/08)
• Reflections from Retreats (2/6/08)
• How to Meditate (1/23/08)
• A Year of Practice (1/9/08)
• Letting Go (1/2/08)
• Your True Self (12/19/07)
• Don’t Take It Personally (12/12/07) Part 1, Part 2
• Gratitude (11/21/07)
• The Brahmaviharas (11/14/07)
• Tending to Causes and Taking Refuge (11/7/07)
• Basic Meditation Instructions (11/7/07)
• Authenticity (10/31/07)
• Supports for Mindfulness (10/24/07)
• Mindfulness of Breathing (10/17/07)
• Healthy Desire (10/3/07)
• The Core of the Dharma (9/19/07)
• The Buddha’s Awakening (8/29/07)
• How Much Do You Want It? (8/22/07)
• Using Opportunities (8/15/07)
• Affecting Others, and Thus Oneself (8/8/07)
• Why Bother to Practice? (8/1/07)
• The Three Meanings of Emptiness (7/18/07)
• Even-Tempered, Even-Keeled: The Perfection of Equanimity (4/11/07)
• Patience is a Virtue: The Perfection of Patience (3/14/07)
• Knowing and Living the Truth: The Perfection of Wisdom (2/28/07)
• Giving Is Good: The Perfection of Generosity (2/7/07)
• The Noble and Ignoble Search
• The Jhanas
• Enlightenment or Bust
• Happiness Awakening