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narayan helen libenson teaching meditative inquiry

Dharma TalksMeditation

Good Question! The Art of Meditative Inquiry

The Buddha encouraged us to investigate our experiences, but some ways of questioning mire us in confusion while others are liberating. Dharma and Insight Meditation teacher Narayan Helen Liebenson helps us distinguish skillful from unskillful types…

By Narayan Helen Liebenson

Nov 2019

Power of an Open Question

MeditationMagazine | Practice

The Power of an Open Question

Why a question can be a more powerful tool for practice than its answer

By Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel

Fall 2010

The Power of an Open Question – Absolute Certainty

If we think about it, life resists definition. How can we truly know things that continuously change, are impossible to pin down, and are always open to interpretation? Can we, for instance, ever reach absolute conclusions…

Aug 27, 2010

questioning the question

TeachingsMagazine | On Practice

Questioning The Question

Three contemporary voices address an age-old theme.

By Gil Fronsdal, Narayan Helen Liebenson, and Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Winter 2000

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