Awareness of the body in the body is a key part of the Dharma. Yet, many times the body is not fully explored in its many dimensions of offering both a means for being present in the moment and finding freedom from clinging.
The themes of boundless loving kindness and the connectedness with nature are themes that run trhough womens' sacred literature, crossing cultures and time.
We first review the basic teachings on self and not-self, exploring the possible confusion and the paradoxes, as well as the teaching of the five skardhas. We then explore three main forms through through which the self appears.
The Dalai Lama once said that all of our problems stem from mistaken perception. That is why there is so much emphasis on true knowledge.
This talk explores the quality factor of perception, and how when it is colored by unwholesome states of mind we cannot accurately recognize reality, and so respond in ways that only increase our confusion.
The contemplation of what makes our life precious brings commitment and a sense of urgency to our practice. It is learning to remember what is of enduring value in this fleeting, fragile life.
Why we practice mindfulness & why we feel such gratitude for this particular teaching. In this talk, the melding of mindfulness and metta become clear thrugh story and poetry.
Is there a self?? To explore these questions is to enter the territory of paradox. We investigate how to understand both conventional and conceptual approaches to self....
