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There’s Dhamma Everywhere
Today we spoke about Buddhism, Science, Philosophy, Myth, Epistemic Traps and what all these have to do with one another and more importantly, what they have to do with our response to the world as it we find it. If you’d like to pull on one of the many threads Eric tried to weave together today,… Read more
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Am I Enough?
The feeling that somehow we are not enough pervades the modern psyche – not wise enough or compassionate enough, not good looking or financially secure enough, not having enough friends, just for starts. And this is not only a contemporary problem. The feeling of Lack has been an element of being human at least as far back… Read more
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Samadhi – Fresh perspectives
Most of us are aware that Samadhi reaches far beyond the western idea of concentration, and the explorations of Samadhi by Christina Feldman and Yahel Avigur confirm that understanding and show some unexpected vistas to which this practice can lead us. The deep connection of Samadhi to insight reminds of why the Buddha himself… Read more
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Staying Focused
As if the world not obeying our wishes wasn’t hard enough, we are often completely surrounded by noise. Sometimes that noise takes the form of literal sounds: phone calls, the charismatic TV, the shouted town meeting. Increasingly that noise is textual: email, text messages, social media. And ever present is the noise of the mind:… Read more
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Out of the Head and into the body
The Buddha’s instructions on Satipatthana meditation begin with a deep look into our own bodies. This can be a problematic beginning for many, especially in our culture with its emphasis on appearance, ethnicity, and race – not to mention the ways that “the body keeps the score” of traumas endured. Drawing on a talk by Chas DiCapua this… Read more
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The significance(s) of Taking Refuge
“Taking refuge” in the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha is sometimes thought of as “becoming a Buddhist,” a once and for all public affirmation of one’s commitment. For others it is a quiet inner dedication, whispered almost silently each morning while bowing at one’s cushion, before beginning the day’s practice. Steve, also drawing on a talk by Tara… Read more
