Life Has No Guarantees
Life is messy. Everything fails. We are called to train our minds and free our hearts and respond as wisely and kindly as possible to each other, moment by moment. We are called to...
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Reflections from our teachers
Refuge and the Bodhisattva Vow
May all beings find true refuge. May we keep our hearts open in all conditions. May we choose the Bodhisattva way, moment by moment.
Right Now, It’s Like This
Buddha called it Thathata, the just-like-this-ness of experience, expressing the way life actually is, beyond our preferences and preoccupations, regardless of our reaching for what we want and resisting what we don’t want.
Busy Life, Spacious Mind
Our Mind is by its very nature, spacious. It accommodates whatever impinges on it. Sensing this and allowing the spaciousness to function naturally and receptively, we soften the pull.