After a few years in the making the five-day Progressive Breath Awareness Booster course (aka Part 2 of Breath: Questions for Contemplation; Perceptions and Practice Ideas) is now available for purchase on Insight Timer and free for Plus members (which includes a 1-month free trial). Day one is free for everyone. Since I find being awareContinue reading ““Progressive Breath Awareness Booster” Course Now Available On Insight Timer (App)”
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Questions And Points Put To Leigh Brasington On “Psychic Powers” In The Suttas
Honor and respect to Leigh Brasington, not only for his extensive teachings on the jhanas, but for all the thoughts, teachings and practices surrounding the Sāmaññaphala Sutta (DN 2) during the February 11, 2023 event Gradual Training on the Buddhist Path with Leigh Brasington: part 1 and part 2. That day I left early duringContinue reading “Questions And Points Put To Leigh Brasington On “Psychic Powers” In The Suttas”
Heart Practices | Feb 23, 2023 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #06
This is the sixth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion. Due to no Q & A in January we did two in February. And since February is often associated with love and Valentines day we did one on Love & Brahmaviharas and forContinue reading “Heart Practices | Feb 23, 2023 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #06”
Podcast | Travel And Moving To Expand Perception And Awareness
The pitch for this minimally edited February 16, 2023 Insight Timer live event: I invite participants and expats to share travel wisdom while I share what I’ve noticed about Denmark so far comparing and contrasting with the United States where I’ve lived my whole life. Then using all this to explore how to leverage suchContinue reading “Podcast | Travel And Moving To Expand Perception And Awareness”
Open Wisdom Wednesdays
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Replays of my (current,) brief, irregular Insight Timer Live series “Open Wisdom Wednesdays” where on some Wednesdays I ask (unplanned) general and specific questions for your wisdom and participants ask me. Meanwhile we share openly — likely from whatever is going on currently — to get at our wisdom
Podcast | The Noble Truth Of Dukkha: Buddhism And Beyond With Randi Green (Part 2)
“Now this, monks, is the Noble Truth of dukkha: Birth is dukkha, aging is dukkha, death is dukkha; sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, & despair are dukkha; association with the unbeloved is dukkha; separation from the loved is dukkha; not getting what is wanted is dukkha. In short, the five clinging-aggregates are dukkha.” — SN 56.11 In part one Randi and I talked aboutContinue reading “Podcast | The Noble Truth Of Dukkha: Buddhism And Beyond With Randi Green (Part 2)”
Podcast | Trauma, Teachings And Textual Interpretations: Buddhism And Beyond With Randi Green (Part 1)
At the beginning of February 2023 Randi Green and I did a couple more recordings on somewhat Buddhist related topics in addition to our chat New Inner Domain Races and New Intervention Protocol. Besides the topics listed in the title this first one starts off addressing dukkha, but we really wait until the second chatContinue reading “Podcast | Trauma, Teachings And Textual Interpretations: Buddhism And Beyond With Randi Green (Part 1)”
Love & Brahmaviharas | Feb 9, 2023 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #05
In this fifth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we explored some of what can skillfully be conveyed about love, and/or more specifically, the four sublime expression of love aka the Brahmaviharas. It is after all February which is often associated with love (orContinue reading “Love & Brahmaviharas | Feb 9, 2023 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #05”
Translations And Musings On The Last Words Of The Buddha
Not due to its prevalence of distortion, but due to the number of misattributed Buddha quotes (to name one reason in particular) it seems prudent to take a closer look at perhaps one of the most important utterances of the historical Buddha: the Tathāgata’s last words passed down in Pali as: “vayadhammā saṅkhārā appamādena sampādethā”Continue reading “Translations And Musings On The Last Words Of The Buddha”
Integrating Presence 