Vipassana (Insight)

The Weather is Just the Weather: Birth of a Tricycle Article

In late September 2010 I traveled by train to Cambridge, Massachusetts. As I passed through Rhode Island, bored, tired, hungry—all the small negatives that combined make travel a magical experience—I remembered some snippets of history, King…

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Feb 23, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge, Day 23

After sitting in the office today, I reflected on the past several days as a flurry of anticipations. Rarely do I realize how inundated my day-to-day life is with waiting. I am always in waiting—relentlessly—for the…

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Feb 23, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge, Day 22

I was looking forward to sitting in the office today. But when the time came my thoughts kept circling back to the various sex scandals whose echoes are ricocheting around the Zen community. It is depressing…

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Feb 22, 2011

It’s not a zero-sum game: Day 17 of the 28 Day Meditation Challenge

I visited Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche in Boulder on Monday and before that spent some time reading his books. I particularly enjoyed reading about the folly of jealously in The Light Comes Through: Buddhist Teachings on Awakening…

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Feb 17, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge, Day 15

We’re now into the third week of our 28-day challenge. If you’ve made it this far, you’ve likely already overcome a couple of rough patches caused by what Sharon calls a core group of unhealthy human…

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Feb 15, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge, Day 10

Today was all about the chattering mind: Do this, don’t forget that, what about this. We may have a lot to do, but we don’t need to let that tyrannize our minds. From Real Happiness: Our…

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Feb 10, 2011

Day 9: The Great Meditation Challenge

It’s happened to all of us: We stub our toe, prick our finger, poke ourself in the eye. It’s a painful experience. But the worst part of it is that our mind then leaps to judgments:…

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Feb 09, 2011

Real Happiness 28-Day Meditation Challenge, Day 8

Looking for inspiration on how to keep it going as we enter the second week of the 28-day meditation challenge? Keep moving, nothing to see here. One of the first things you’ll hear when getting meditation…

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Feb 08, 2011

Day 4: Snow, Samsara, and You

Day four on the cushion. My thoughts are all over the place. What has to be done today in the office? Is it going to snow this weekend? How will I be OK when my parents…

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Feb 04, 2011