Freedom from Suffering
“In a world of tension and breakdown it is necessary for there to be those who seek to integrate their inner lives not by avoiding...
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Understanding Your Own Mind
In popular Western culture we are taught that the way to achieve happiness is to change our external environment to fit our wishes. But this...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 88 – Realizing, Overcoming, Liberating
As you practice in Dharma you get a sense that the allowing of things is what brings freedom. In this episode, we begin with a...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 85 – Enlightenments
If the liberation of consciousness is the goal of spiritual practice, then why is it such a taboo to talk about actually reaching enlightenment in...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 84 – Tag Team Dharma with Sylvia Boorstein
A conversation with Sylvia Boorstein around taking the Bodhisattva vow and staying in touch with our Buddha nature as we navigate our journey of awakening....
The Reality Below Thoughts
As we observe our thoughts and question our beliefs, we come to understand that while thinking, planning and remembering are vital to our lives,...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 83 – A Story of Inspiration and Wisdom
We have the capacity to see this world in an illuminated way, and yet we do not see the mystery and magic of it. There...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 82 – Respect for All
A number of the Buddhist texts begin with this phrase. ‘Oh nobly born, oh you who are the sons and daughters of the awakened ones,...
Awakening Love
The Buddha taught that we can develop loving-kindness by visualizing how a caring mother holds her beloved child. Love is our true nature, but it...
Fearing Death
If you understand—things are just as they are. If you do not understand—things are just as they are. —Zen saying From the universal perspective, all...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 81 – Fostering Creativity
It is one thing to study the texts or to do various practices or come on a retreat to learn the Dharma tradition, but the...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 79 – Remembering Ajahn Chah
Ajahn Chah was a Thai Buddhist monk. He was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition. Respected...
