Letting Go of Thoughts that Won’t Let Go of You
We have all heard that letting go is the key to finding happiness and getting over pain, but it's rarely as easy as it sounds. The only way to free ourselves is to feel...
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Reflections from our teachers
What on Earth is Insight Dialogue?
When meditators ask me what I teach and I explain what Insight Dialogue is, there’s often a pause accompanied by a quizzical expression and sometimes some thinly veiled distaste. The idea of pairing up,...
The Buddha’s Raft
There is a lovely simile that the Buddha uses about someone needing to cross a large expanse of dangerous water because the current shore is dubious and risky, but the further shore is secure...
Reverence is the Nature of My Love: A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency
When we see ourselves clearly’ we cannot help but relate to the world around us, and all other creatures, with wonder, curiosity and reverence, for we are all composed of the same elements and...
Luminous Darkness: Restoring Our Undivided Self
My book is about meeting the unknown, the mystery, the darkness, with an open heart… in order to see clearly. I’ve spent a long time compassionately investigating the human tendency to avoid discomfort and...
Community: “As-One-ity”
The Buddha talked about the Three Jewels of this practice being Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. Buddha means awakening—the gradual and sudden extraordinary awakening to the way things are. Dharma means the nature of things—and the...
Resting in Receptivity – Opening Up to What Liberates
Instead of seeing enlightenment as something far away from us, we can realise that it’s closer than close. Seeing our experiences as empty opens a way of resting in our own centre. What if enlightenment...
Announcing: Sangha Live Connect
Dear Friend, You might’ve heard about our new Sangha Live community platform, for Dharma sharing & socializing in between our meditation sits. Maybe you’ve created a profile… joined a few spaces… shared a beautiful...
The Heart of Who We Are: Realizing Freedom Together
We all long to be happy. Not happy as in glee but deep contentment. We forget that this experience we long for is already seated in the heart of who we are—and that it’s...
Pride Every Day of The Year
Pride celebrations, which largely occur during the months of June, July, and August, are dedicated to celebrating the freedoms we have as LGBTQIA2S+ people and for campaigning for the human rights of Queer and...