Mindfulness and Compassion
Compassion is most real in the particulars, in our response to the immediacy of this moment. Every conscious act contributes to the healing of the...
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Audio: Refuge in Difficult Times
In times of stress, it’s important to discover ways to quiet our minds and tend our hearts. This meditation and visualization can help us cultivate...
Video: Compassionate Heart Meditation
May you be held in compassion. May your struggles and sorrows be eased. May your heart be at peace.
Video: Compassionate Heart Dharma Talk
With mindfulness we can open to the mystery of our human incarnation—to gaze with an open heart at the unbearable beauty and the ocean of...
Video: Joy (Mudita) Meditation
May you be joyful. May you remember that child of spirit that was born in you. May your joy increase. May the causes for happiness...
Awakening Self-Compassion
Hold yourself as a mother holds her beloved child. —Buddha We are so quick to judge one another. And just as we are hard on...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 128 – Mudita: Practicing With Joy In Our Heart
In this dharma talk, we explore mudita. Mudita invites us to open a channel to joy, delight, and creativity. Joy arises, like the Buddha sitting...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 127 – Seeing the World with the Heart of Wisdom
In this dharma talk, we explore seeing the world with the heart of wisdom and what it means when we rest in The One Who...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 126 – Freedom, Gratitude, & the Buoyancy of Hope
No matter what the situation, we are offered the freedom to choose our highest intention, to choose to be free. When we understand intention, we...
Video: Joy (Mudita) Dharma Talk
“Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate. Live in joy, in health, even among the afflicted. Live in joy, in peace, even...
Natural Joy
When love meets pain it becomes compassion. When love meets happiness, it becomes joy. Joy is an expression of the awakened heart, a quality of...
Video: Seeing the World with the Heart of Wisdom Dharma Talk
The poet Mary Oliver writes, “To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold...