Dear Abbey Dharma
Dear Abbey Dharma, In my lifetime of professional work in Canadian social service, I have gone from being left-leaning to Social Conservative. I don’t find a place for myself in any Western Buddhist sangha where being…
Sylvia Boorstein
Sylvia Boorstein is a psychotherapist and a founding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, in Woodacre, California.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | This Life
Dear Abbey Dharma Spring 2010
Dear Abbey Dharma,I’m concerned that my mindfulness practice is making me indifferent. I still feel genuinely connected when I sit at the bedside of a dying person or with a person who comes to see me…
What I’m Reading: Fall 2009
Together Under One Roof: Making a Home of the Buddha’s Household Lin Jensen (Wisdom Publications, 2008, 288 pp., $16.95 paper) Bad Dog! A Memoir of Love, Beauty, and Redemption in Dark Places Lin Jensen (Wisdom Publications,…
Riding the Wave
Practicing caring connection, Sylvia Boorstein learns, can bring peace—even under the threat of natural disaster.
MeditationMagazine | On The Cushion
The Wisdom of Discomfort
Q & A with Sylvia Boorstein
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Sound Meditation
Sylvia Boorstein describes mindfulness mediation of the arising and passing away of sound.
TeachingsMagazine | Special Section
The First Teachings
What are the Four Noble Truths?
Dharma Talks
The Whole of Life as Practice
This retreat is for people who want to bring Buddhist practice into everyday life. By taking a closer look at the teachings of the Metta Sutta, the Buddha’s sermon on impartial kindness, we will find an…
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