No Lesser Wing
Metta until the boundaries between you and all beings dissolve. Compassion until your heart covers the whole world. Joy to remember why this life is worth living. Equanimity to see the long arc of...
“We Are a River”
The symbol of the river has been used for centuries across cultures and traditions, to remind us of the flowing, fluid nature of all that is existent in the cosmos. From ancient Chinese Daoist...
The 5 Hindrances of the Mind
We might notice that one of our core challenges, the underlying quality of our practice, can also be a door to deepening our practice.
“Eat when hungry. Sleep when tired.”
In this teaching, we consider what it would be like to live a life free from the inner critic, which we call Mara in the Buddhist tradition. Sangha Live founding teacher Martin Aylward discusses...
Connection as Dharma Practice
The Buddha taught that friendship is not just part of, but the whole of the spiritual life. But how do you begin when in the face of intimacy your fears, insecurities, doubt and judgment...
Metta-Vipassana: Integrating Heart and Mind
Within the classical texts we learn to develop mindfulness within four foundations of experience. We learn to work with our bodies, feelings, mental states and mental activities and various frames of reference. Within the...