MEDITATIONS 3

Mindstorms December 1, 2004 There’s a part of the mind that’s just aware. No matter what else comes into the

The Story behind Impatience November 20, 2005 Back when I was in college I majored in history. One of the

Little Things July, 2003 Patience is an important quality in the practice. The Pali word for patience, khanti, also means endurance, the

Nuclear Thinking January, 2003 Thoughts come and go, but we keep trying to make them stay. In fact we’ve gotten

Stepping Back May 13, 2005 When you meditate, it’s easy to get frustrated. Here you are, looking at the breath,

Taking a Stance February 20, 2005 Try to gather your awareness around the breath. Make the breath your center, a

Social Anxiety September 10, 2005 In one of Ajaan Lee’s last Dhamma talks he compared life to taking a boat

The Mind’s Song May, 2003 Ajaan Lee used to say that there are two steps to getting started in the

Intelligent Equanimity September, 2001 Every evening before we meditate, we chant the four sublime attitudes: goodwill — “May all living

Intelligent Design September 30, 2005 One of the major ironies of how Buddhism has come to the West is how

The Saints Don’t Grieve January 28, 2005 One of the most difficult but important principles in the practice is what

A Culture of Restraint April 11, 2005 The Buddha once compared sensory input to being like a flayed cow with

Self Esteem January 4, 2005 Life doesn’t teach lessons. It’s up to us to learn lessons, which means that we

The Middleness of the Path August 13, 2004 This path we’re following: There’s a way in which you could call

Active Truth April 7, 2005 The Buddha had a very active sense of the truth. True things on the conditioned

No Preferences July 20, 2005 The Canon tells us that the Buddha’s contemporaries fell into two main camps: what you

Licking Yourself Clean May 25, 2005 The Buddha once said that one of the prerequisites for concentration is a sense