Ripening in the Sun
In the rhythm of nature, ripening is not rushed. It happens slowly, quietly, under the warmth of the sun — a patient unfolding from within. This is an invitation to relax into the fullness...
What do I mean by Relational Dharma?
A relational dharma recognizes that our life unfolds within relationship—relationship with family, friends, colleagues, community, the world. For most of us, our relationships are where the rubber meets the road. Practice on our cushions...
Self and Wounds at the level of Being
Our sense of self and personality formation arise out of our early experiences of relational life. Our basic needs that are met or not met within the experience of the relational holding field, again...
Sangha Live’s 10 Year Anniversary
Sangha Live has been running for 10 years now. And this is a message of great appreciation for all the ways it's spread and grown. From all of us at Sangha Live... Thank You...
Stories from the Sangha: Ruth
This month, we are spotlighting voices from our online Buddhist community about their experience sitting with Sangha Live for Daily Meditation, and the power of the sangha in developing and deepening practice. Huge gratitude...
Commit to Sit with Sangha Live: 4-Week Meditation Challenge
Our 4-week Commit to Sit challenge is an invitation to root yourself in the transformative power of regular practice while sharing in the collective energy of our global sangha. Every day in February, we’ll...
Papañca-Saññā-Sankhā: Reclaiming Our Ensouled World
The origin of hate and harm, said the Buddha, is Papañca-Saññā-Sankhā. We live in an ensouled world where, as the indigenous world knows, all is conscious. A way of understanding “soul” is the ground...
Dhammas: The 3 Keys to Insight Meditation
Vipassana meditation is usually translated as "Insight Meditation" because the practice quite naturally triggers off a process of purification that develops progressively through stages of insight knowledge. With each stage, a meditator incrementally gains...
Living Dharma
We need to co-create a new story from a different understanding of ourselves. Somehow, we need to finish with the old stories that imprison human consciousness in cycles of fear, violence, shame, and a...
Being with Change is a Skill
Reading the discourses of the Buddha, we find regular reminders to be aware of the changing and fluctuating nature of all experience. Maybe he repeated it this often to counterbalance the natural tendency of...