Our potential as humans is vast and deep, and can be intentionally developed. There is a way that we can learn to open to all of our experience with kindness and clarity. As we begin to find this stability of heart and mind, wisdom will emerge.This emergence of wisdom, and strengthening of compassion, are the road to our individual and collective happiness and well-being.
The role of Metta (good will) in successful insight/vipassana practice. This talk explains how this quality of mind facilitates opening to all phenomena.
The Buddha clearly taught that effort is necessary to liberate the mind. But we can mix up wise effort with unskillful kinds of striving. This talk is about discerning wise from unwise effort.
Faith is a loaded word for many Westerners, yet it is a key quality in
Buddhist practice. This talk clarifies what faith (saddha) isn't,
and what it is, as part of the eight fold path
