Category: Empower Me

It’s Been One Helluva Week, but What Does that Have to do with Buddhist Practice?

I am a professional beginner in Buddhist practice when it comes to this stuff. I practice Metta a lot. I found myself repeating the mantras and deepening into the practice as my system spun out in an attempt to ground myself. Saturday felt a lot like grounding practice. 

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Fishes’ Eyes Swim with Tears

But even though I have found peace and stillness through my meditation practice and Buddhist teachings, I still grieve.

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Sticking it to the Man, or Right Livelihood in the Modern Age

As it was first told, Right Livelihood is the belief of finding a way to live which sits in alignment with our Buddha nature, ensuring that we can live without bringing suffering onto others.

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Spiritual Gangster: The Buddha’s Lesson on Fear and Dread

I was preparing to go inside because I serve as a spiritual advisor to Christa Pike, a woman on death row whose execution is scheduled for later this year.

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Impermanence: A Benign and Powerful Lesson

The gift of presence happens when we slow down, take deep breaths, and take in the beauty all around us even when our bodies are in pain or our plans are disrupted or our hearts are breaking with grief. 

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