Excerpts from Bonnie Trudell’s talk on the Four Immeasurable Minds The Four Immeasurable Minds is one of the clearest and most beautiful teachings of the Buddha. The four elements of true love — love, compassion, joy, and equanimity – are…
SnowFlower Sun October 2019
Excerpts from Cheri’s Lamp Transmission Dharma Talk by Cheri Maples January 9, 2008. Dear Thay, Dear Venerables, Dear Sangha: Finding Thay’s teachings and being instructed and supported in developing a mindfulness practice have been the greatest gifts in my life.…
SnowFlower Sun September 2019
Vedana: Mindfulness of Feeling From a talk by Lisa Glueck As you know, the Four Foundations are deeply interconnected and flow inseparably into one another. When we feel an unpleasant feeling, our body tightens in response, while our mind…
SnowFlower Sun August 2019
Gratitude and Equanimity From a talk by Cheri Maples You can’t find gratitude in your mind. You can only find it by leading with your heart and living it. When we are grateful, we are able to delight in what…
Ordained Dharma Teacher Coming to SnowFlower
On July 5, we will have a special speaker at Friday Night Sangha. Richard Brady, MS, is a practicing meditator and certified Mindfulness teacher. In 2001 he was recognized by Thich Nhat Hanh as a teacher in his tradition with a special focus on cultivating mindfulness in…
Meet MOSES (Madison Organizing in Strength, Equality and Solidarity)
It’s been wonderful to have so many new SnowFlower participants in the last two years! This article is to update everyone about MOSES because SnowFlower was one of its founding members and has been a financial supporter for 6 years.…
Creation of SnowFlower
First Steps on the Journey How SnowFlower Sangha began is discussed in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Friends on the Path, a book that is actually a compilation of essays as edited by Jack Lawlor. In one such essay, longtime SnowFlower member…
How SnowFlower Got Its Name
by Karuna Namenwirth From the windows of the speeding train on the way to Plum Village in the Dordogne region of southwestern France, there were miles and miles of blooming sunflower fields, a magnificent sight to behold. It was easy…
How to Overcome Sanskrit-Pali Anxiety (SPA)
by Curt Pawlisch While not yet listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the “universal authority for psychiatric diagnoses” (according to Wikipedia), many SnowFlower members suffer from Sanskrit-Pali Anxiety or its ironic acronym, SPA. SPA’s symptoms are…
Buddhism on one page
by Larry Mandt The Four Noble Truths Life is hard. Life is hard because we continually want things that aren’t possible. Life becomes easier when we stop wanting things that aren’t possible. We can stop wanting things that aren’t possible…