Mindfulness and Difficult Emotions
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Vipassana (Insight)
Meditation Month, Day 13: Get thee to the cushion
I’ve heard plenty of discussions about how difficult it can be to establish a regular meditation practice. There are whole lists of tips about how to go about this. But the best advice I’ve ever heard…
A Buddhist Holiday Survival Guide
Service as Generosity
Who to Vote For?
Sharon Salzberg in the Huffington Post
Wise View
Rodney Smith, from the third talk, “The Practice of Selfnessness,” from his ongoing Tricycle Retreat, Wise View is a restatement of what life is. We say, “Life is more connected than it appears or has…
Sam Harris: Iconoclast or bigot?
To a liberal, educated public, stalwart atheist and PEN Award winner Sam Harris may come off as a brave iconoclast. But if you take a look at Jackson Lears’s “Same Old New Atheism: On Sam Harris”…
Breath Meditation Instructions from Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg is now leading a Tricycle Retreat on The Five Hindrances, the five negative thought patterns that interrupt our practice (and life). The following meditation instructions are from pages 46-51 of her bestselling book Real…
The Weather Is Just the Weather
Stay present, rain or shine.
Where do we go from here?: Day 28 of the 28-day meditation challenge
We did it! We just finished sitting together in the office for the final day of the 28-day meditation challenge. It feels good. Now we’re all completely enlightened and we’ll never have to meditate again. Just…
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