Don’t Be Afraid to Indulge in Happy Thoughts
In his Dharma Talk on right effort, Theravada monk Bhante Sanathivahari explains how to replace and protect ourselves from unwholesome states in the mind.
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Right Effort: Understanding an Often Overlooked Mental Discipline on the Eightfold Path
This series will introduce the four mental trainings for overcoming unwholesome states and reaching wholesome ones that can provide the serenity of mind for further progress in concentrative and insight practices.
Reflections on the Eightfold Path
In an excerpt from Tricycle’s newest online course, “Reimagining the Eightfold Path,” Stephen Batchelor describes why the path metaphor is so powerful and how we might approach this foundational Buddhist teaching today.
Meditation Meditation Month 2022
Jhana: The Spice Your Meditation Has Been Missing
Meditation teacher and political columnist Jay Michaelson explains how jhana meditation is a transformative and vital part of the eightfold path.
Magazine | Buddhism for Beginners, Teachings
The Buddha’s Guidelines for Simplifying Life
Tricycle’s free online source for newcomers offers answers to all the questions you were hesitant to ask aloud.
Exploring What Is
Buddhism advises us to accept everything in our experience, pleasant and unpleasant, as our own. One practitioner on using the Buddha’s first teachings as a lodestar during the frightening uncertainty of aging.
How to Practice Right Speech Anywhere, Anytime, and With Anyone
And why right speech begins with good listening
“Minefulness”: A Case Study
The ego can convert anything to its own use—even spiritual practice.
Meditation’s Secret Ingredient
We practice “right concentration” not to experience blissful states but to help us entertain uncertainty.
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