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Back to SearchEpisode 159: Our Portable Stage
When you go to a play, you see people who are pretending to be other people; they learn their lines and move about in scripted ways • they perform …
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 158: The Row, Row, Row Your Boat Sutra
One of my favorite nursery rhymes contains quite a bit of wisdom: “Row row, row, row your boat gently down the stream; merrily, merrily, merrily, lif…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 157: When You Lose Your Mind, Come Back
The phrase, “When you lose your mind, come back” describes a lot of what happens in meditation: repeatedly losing our minds, and repeatedly bringing …
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 156: Strength and Vulnerability
At our core is our tender heart, tinged with a touch of sadness • it is sweet and vulnerable • this soft spot may be deeply buried, but it is alwa…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 155: Three Aspects of Space
Trungpa Rinpoche emphasized the importance of understanding space; he encouraged us to explore our experiences of boredom, our discomfort with stilln…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 154: Space
Today I'd like to explore the topic of space • the idea of space as it relates to meditation practice is connected with the notion of “gap” — notic…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 153: Walls
In this episode, I'd like to explore the idea of walls — our internal walls, as well as the walls we create between ourselves and others • we're to…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 152: Peace
I've been thinking a lot recently about peace, especially the Buddhist view of peace • it's one of those ironic things: throughout history people h…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 151: Energies of Engagement
Buddhist training has two sides, somewhat parallel to pure science and applied science • there is the meditation aspect, the inward journey; and th…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 150: Joy
Lately I've been thinking about the slogan, “Always maintain only a joyful mind” • at the same time, I've been haunted by the teachings that descri…
2 years, 6 months ago