The Past and Future are Present
Acknowledging the presence of history in one’s immediate experience is the practice of a warrior bodhisattva. As human beings we often try to do whatever we can to ignore the unpleasant reality about our pasts, but this simply creates more suffering in the present and future. Using the Buddhist teachings to help us be with this discomfort offers possibilities to align our actions with our true inner nature.
Dharma as Lifestyle: Expanding Our Path
How can we integrate our spiritual practice with our lifestyle? The Five Precepts offers ethical guidelines on to how live mindfully, but how do we practically interpret and apply them to our day-to-day? This talk focuses on how contemplating our lifestyle...
Realizing Enlightened Black Society
Justin F. Miles shares his experience of creating and facilitating the Black Power Meditation Group in Baltimore Maryland and discusses the importance of sanghas holding spaces for so called “affinity groups” of all races and ways of being.
Off The Cushion
The practice on the cushion gives us the building blocks to be able to experience more peace and joy in our everyday. The ultimate purpose of meditation is for it to help us off the cushion, and that's exactly what it naturally does. But on the really challenging days, can our pr...
