Receptivity: Deep Listening as an Antidote to Reactivity and Violence

In these hyped up divisive times, there is an ever-greater need for tools to de-condition ourselves from reactivity. The practice of listening – within ourselves and with others – is much more significant than...

When we engage in the distortion that the relative plane is separate from the absolute – that it is something to transcend or ‘just an illusion’ – we ignore the reality of the illusion....

Spoken or written, our words have a significant impact upon others, as well as upon ourselves. It is vital to bear in mind that the exploration of the middle way applies equally to language,...

The triad of gratification, danger, and escape is one of the Buddha’s most concise and simple teachings for investigating everyday lived experience. This formula can be applied to every single aspect of our experience....

Buddhist practice can easily be mistaken for a solitary affair in pursuit of enlightenment. Yet this path—and its key factor of mindfulness—is at its heart relational.  We first learn about the Dharma from others,...

(In the style of Saṃyutta Nikāya – Linked Discourses with Nuns): Setting in Tipperary, Ireland. Then, early in the morning, the practitioner Vince dressed and packed for travel, he checked-in online for the flight...

Equanimity is a sublime yet powerful fruit of our practice. It is our capacity to be vulnerable and sensitive, yet never knocked down; dancing with the changing and unexpected circumstances of life rather than...

A few years ago, I had a bit of a Forrest Gump moment. I was sitting on the couch one evening in Vancouver, watching Netflix with my partner, when suddenly something came over me...

Lately I have found myself inspired by reflecting on the power of our minds. And the teaching that each of us has the capacity to awaken and become a Buddha. That Buddha is actually...

While it is clear that all of the path factors can be cultivated at all times, alone and with others, the relational practice of mindfulness merits special attention. When two or more are gathered...