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Back to SearchEpisode 79: Random Labeling
Random labeling, or kuntag in Tibetan, is a two-step process: first we select some portion of our perception and give it a label; then, once we’ve do…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 78: Genuine Compassion
The Tibetan term for compassion, karuna, can be translated as “noble heart” • in the Buddhist teachings, compassion is almost always linked with an…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 77: Kindness Is the Essence
Recently I came across a disturbing study indicating that people who spend a lot of time in silent meditation practice can actually become less lovin…
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 76: Use Your Silence
When people go into meditation retreat, they often practice something called “noble silence” — the decision simply not to talk for a period of time, …
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 75: 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 …
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 74: The Role of Discipline
In the dharma a great deal of emphasis is placed on integrating meditation practice and study • interwoven throughout is the need for discipline, t…
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 73: Balancing Act
Since we are the only ones who know what’s really going on during any session of meditation, or in life generally, we have a responsibility to be our…
4 years ago
Episode 72: Peacefulness in the Midst
I used to carry around a cartoon that depicted a beautifully robed monk with a Japanese shoji screen behind him, everything perfectly in its place—an…
4 years ago
Episode 71: The Play of Emotions
Emotions are a natural part of who we are • they can be powerful—even overpowering—or they can be subtle, almost an undercurrent • they can be ve…
4 years ago
Episode 70: Letting Go
I recently had a problem with my computer—whatever I put in my "trash" would just stay there; I couldn’t empty it • I started thinking about how th…
4 years ago