Video: Calm, Clarity, Compassion Meditation
Let the breath be natural. Let the heart be soft to receive whatever arises with compassion. Now with this embodied presence, begin to notice the play…
Tag: Compassion
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 106 – Responding to Fear, Tragedy & Injustice
For this episode, we went back into the archives to just a few weeks after the events of 9/11 for a lesson on how we…
Fear of Happiness
Much of human suffering is caused by greed, hatred, fear and ignorance. When we let go of greed, hatred, fear and ignorance, and hold the…
The Courageous Heart
As children, many of us were taught courage in the form of the warrior or the explorer, bravely facing danger. In the Buddhist understanding, however,…
The World Needs Your Love
Guilt and anger and fear are part of the problem. If you want to save the world, save it because you love it! —Gary Snyder…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 104 – The Fertile Darkness
In this dharma talk, we discuss why the winter solstice is the perfect time to start anew and let what truly matters in your heart…
Abundance and Gratitude
Mistakenly, some people think that Buddhism condemns all desire. But there is no getting rid of desire. Instead, Buddhist psychology leads us from desire…
Freedom Amid Challenging Times
Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us that in uncertain times, our own steadiness can become a sanctuary for others.
Jack Kornfield on Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris – Ep. 204
Dan Harris and I discuss trauma, lovingkindness, self-compassion, judgment, identity and more.
Lead with the Heart
The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it.—Sri Nisargadatta When we carefully observe our thoughts, we discover that they are not in…
Stop the War Within
We human beings are constantly in combat, at war to escape the fact of being so limited, limited by so many circumstances we cannot…
Fear and Anger
Aversion, anger, and hatred are states of mind that strike against experience, pushing it away, rejecting what is presented in the moment. They do not…
