This year has presented us with unprecedented challenges that carry over into our current holiday season. This week The Quieted Mind was happy to partner with Fundamental Shift to bring you this reflection and meditation.
Perfect Is An Illusion
A dharma talk for our times. The world has changed. We have been through so much. What do we do now?
Metta Meditation Practice
In our previous talk, we introduced the teaching of metta, or lovingkindness. Now, we practice.
1. A brief history on metta practice
2. Guided meditation
3. A reading on metta from the Karamiya Metta Sutta
4. Closing Remarks
Links:
The Power of Metta: A Buddhist Story — from MountainHermitage.org
How to Expand Love: Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships by H.H. Dalai Lama
Polarization and Introduction to Metta
There’s no denying we live in a highly polarized political climate. Families and friends are splitting up over ideological differences. What can we do in the midst of these circumstances?
In this episode, we discuss polarization and the teaching of metta, or lovingkindness.
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Non-self and Emptiness
Have you ever been confused or puzzled by the mention of non-self or “no self?” What about the teaching of emptiness? The Quieted Mind’s first dharma talk of 2020 is up, and it is about non-self and emptiness. Check it out and share your thoughts in the comments!
A Reading From The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh
Non-Attachment (Dharma Talk)—or, How to Non-Win Every Argument
Dark Times and the Present Moment
As we reflect on our current era at the end of 2017, let us find the peace and happiness that are available now, in the present moment.
The Quieted Mind at Big Tree Park
A quick video episode for those following The Quieted Mind, from Big Tree Park in Longwood, FL
Home (for the holidays)
When we talk about going home, it is helpful to be reminded that our true home is in the here and the now. The practice of mindfulness is one of constantly arriving in the present moment.
This guided meditation is adapted from one described by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh in a Dharma Talk he delivered at Plum Village, France on July 16, 1996. You can read the text of that talk at PlumVillage.org.
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