In this Dharma talk, Christiane Wolf explores the relationship between the body, the mind, and the nervous system, revealing how our thoughts are often shaped by how we feel rather than by reality itself. Blending mindfulness practice with contemporary ... Read more
Choosing Wisdom in Everyday Life
In this Dharma talk, Lisa Kring explores wisdom (paññā) as the practice of meeting each moment with clarity, discernment, and compassion rather than habitual reactivity. She shows how mindfulness allows us to see things as they truly are, respond with g... Read more
A Place Unscathed
In this Dharma talk, Gullu Singh explores the Buddhas Four Noble Truths through the evocative imagery of the Attadanda Sutta, one of the earliest surviving Buddhist texts. With warmth, humor, and deeply personal stories, Gullu invites us to look inward—... Read more
A Wise Bargain
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When I say the word renunciation, what happens for you?
For many of us, theres an immediate reaction. Renunciation can sound bleak: it can sound like deprivation, denial, or turnin... Read more
Thoughts are Not Facts
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One of the most important things we learn in meditation is something surprisingly simple: thinking is happening. Usually, were completely swept away in our thinking. Were lost in th... Read more
Facing the Right Direction
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Ive been reflecting on how Buddhist practice can be most useful when we can distill it into a set of organizing principles.
When I feel the weight of some personal thing thats going on—a neigh... Read more
Real Life: From Constriction to Freedom
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The thesis of the book, Real Life, which I wrote some years ago, was based on an experience I had during the height of the pandemic and isolation. I was watching an online program about a Passover Seder—a Jew... Read more
How Our Words Shape the Heart
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Of the Noble Eightfold Path, we have wise view, wise intention, wise speech, wise action, wise livelihood, wise effort, wise mindfulness, and wise concentration. Wise speech is a big part of pr... Read more
Nothing Exists Independent of Its Causes
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There’s a Buddhist legend about two men who would later become disciples of the Buddha.
Before they ever met him, they found themselves at a festival—something like Stagecoach, with music, dancing, and getti... Read more
What’s the Attitude in the Mind?
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The idea Id like to explore for tonight is: what is the attitude in the mind?
There’s always something going on in our experience, something we are seeing, touching, hearing, tasting, etc. The... Read more