Poems on Metta & Love Poems from God

Right View of Vipassana

Pema Chödrön | Ezra Klein

Poems by Judy Brown and Jan Richardson

Trough by Judy Brown There is a trough in waves, a low spot where horizon disappears and only sky and water are our company. And there we lose our way unless we rest, knowing the wave will bring us to its crest again. to its crest…

Dharma Talk on Attention and Mindfulness

Dostoevsky quote; Steve Armstrong on Sayadaw U Tejaniya; and the conversation with Gil Fronsdal and Mohsen Mahdawi

Dostoevsky Quote: "My young brother asked forgiveness of the birds: it seems senseless, yet it is right, for all is like an ocean, all flows and connects; touch it in one place and it echoes at the other end of the world. Let it be madness…

Poem read on May 5, 2025 (Practice Fundamentals)

How to Live with My Body, by John Roedel   My brain and heart divorced a decade ago over who was to blame about how big of a mess I have become. Eventually, they couldn’t be in the same room with each other. Now my head and heart…

Sincerity (Don’t Be Tricky) – December 17, 2024

Singularity, poem by Marie Howe * Karaniya Metta Sutta:  The Buddha’s Words on Loving-Kindness * Sayings from ‘The Discipline of Relationship’ section of Training in Compassion: Don’t be tricky Don’t wait in ambush Don’t…

From Daylong Retreat on November 17, 2024

Select Slogans from Training in Compassion, by Norman Fischer: Return to basics. Rest in the openness of mind. Practice sending and receiving alternately on the breath. Begin sending and receiving practice with yourself. Resolve to begin…