Delusion from a talk by Steven Spiro In Buddhist traditions, avidya, delusion, is known as one of the Three Hindrances. Greed, hatred, delusion. In Sanskrit and Pali languages we find that such terms embody their opposite. [In English too a…
SnowFlower Sun June 2019
Cultivating Joy and Happiness from a talk by Lisa Glueck The Dalai Lama tells us that the purpose of life is to be happy. This is not a hedonistic statement, but is based on understanding that true happiness grows out…
SnowFlower Sun May 2019
The Sustaining Power of Mindfulness from a talk by Cheri Maples The understandings, openings, and sense of vastness created by a mindfulness practice happen in different ways for different people. When I think about my own painfully slow transformation from…
SnowFlower Sun April 2019
Silent Illumination Meditation from a talk by Susan O’Leary Our lineage through Thich Nhat Hanh is in the Linji (‘Rinzai’ in Japanese) Zen tradition. For me, the most important and deepest teaching in Zen is that nothing is separate. Nothing.…
SnowFlower Sun March 2019
Equanimity from a talk by Lisa Glueck Equanimity is a spacious stillness of the mind that is able to meet with steadiness and serenity the changing experiences that constitute our world and our lives. It is a lovely place to…
SnowFlower Sun February 2019
Ending Conditioned Doing with the Eightfold Path from a talk by Gloria Green The Buddha says that we can cultivate the wisdom that eliminates the ignorance that causes suffering. The course way for movement leading to the end of suffering…
SnowFlower Sun January 2019
The Five Remembrances by David Haskin The Five Remembrances, and the beautiful Upajjhatthana Sutta it comes from, is remarkable not just for its power but for how it interweaves most of the major aspects of the Buddha’s teachings into a…
SnowFlower Sun December 2018
A Priceless Gift from a talk by Mary Michal As we approach the Holidays, how can we as practitioners bring our practice to the essence of the season? In our culture it is easy to get wrapped up in busyness,…
SnowFlower Sun November 2018
We Are Not Alone by Lisa Glueck The great paradox: You go alone into your meditation room; you follow your breathing; you watch the play of your own mind. Rather than becoming isolated or alienated, you enter into deeper intimacy…
SnowFlower Sun – September & October 2018
SnowFlower Sun – September & October 2018