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 among the troubled. Lo…
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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 enligh…
Video: Align Yourself with Goodness Meditation
Envision a field of goodness—there are a billion acts of goodness happening in the world right now by parents, children, friends, teachers, nurses, …
Video: Courage in Our Difficult Time
The value of our harshest difficulties is how honestly they cause us to question, how they intensify our courage and bring alive our deepest inner pur…
Audio: The Return Of Joy
If we cannot be happy in spite of our difficulties, what good is our spiritual practice? There is an unquenchable human spirit born anew in each…
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…
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…
Fear of Freedom
People often prefer a very limited, punishing regime—rather than face the anxiety of freedom. — Jean-Paul Sartre Along with the joy of freedom is a…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 92 – Stories That Open the Mind, Mend the Heart and Lead to Joy
Sometimes you need a story more than food. Sometimes to hear a story and sometimes to tell it. We all carry personal stories we long…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 90 – Healing Through Loving Awareness
How can we cultivate the qualities of mindful loving awareness? How do we listen to the pulse of the world? How do we listen to…
Naming the Wanting Mind
This human world is sometimes called the desire realm because so much of it runs on desire and wanting. How to relate wisely with desire…
Happiness and Tranquillity
In our busy world, we tend to overlook the capacity we have to allow the mind to settle down and rest, to become deeply silent…
