Bob shares some of the practices (Dharma and other) that have benefited him throughout his life.
Tag Archives | mindfulness
Transforming aging and illness into the path
One of Venerable Chodron’s long-time students contemplates acceptance and slowing down.
Building confidence to live your life to the fullest
What it means to have confidence, and how to develop stable self-confidence through self-acceptance and self-awareness.
Chapter 7: Verses 59-76
Cultivating the far-reaching practice of joyous effort brings joy to dharma practice and is a cause for accomplishing our goals in this life and future lives.
The three higher trainings and the eight fold path
The three higher trainings—ethics, concentration and wisdom—are explained with the practices of the eightfold noble path, which are subsumed under the three.
The fixer
There is little we can do to correct injustice in the world if our minds are out of control with deluded thoughts and emotions.
Seeking a qualified spiritual teacher to guide us
How to relate to a spiritual mentor.
Some challenges of changing religions
What to do when we find ourselves applying conditioning from our religion of origin to Buddhism.
“An Open-Hearted Life”: Compassionate understanding of emotions
How a compassionate understanding of how emotions play out in our minds gives us a roadmap for developing the positive mental qualities we want to have.
Being a Dharma community
There is value in practicing and meditating with others. When we participate in our Dharma community, the practice of everyone in the group flourishes.