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Working with Painful Emotions: Jealousy

August 8, 2022   |   14 Comments

Audio-only version is here. Meditation practice begins at 14:00 Dear Open Heart Project, I hope you are well as we enter this new week on planet earth. May it be a peaceful one for all beings. A few weeks ago, we began a series of conversations on working with difficult emotions and how meditation can help. We started with anger,... READ MORE

Working with Painful Emotions: Shame

August 1, 2022   |   25 Comments

Audio-only version is here. Meditation practice begins at 13:25 Dear Open Heart Project, I hope you are well as we enter this new week on planet earth. May it be a peaceful one for all beings. A few weeks ago, we began a series of conversations on working with difficult emotions and how meditation can help. We started with anger... READ MORE

Working with Painful Emotions: Attachment

July 25, 2022   |   11 Comments

Audio-only version is here. Meditation practice begins at 9:51. Dear Open Heart Project, I hope you are well and finding hidden pockets of good fortune wherever you look. Last week, we began a series of conversations on working with difficult emotions and how meditation can help. We started with anger and this week we move on to attachment. In spiritual... READ MORE

Working with painful emotions and how our meditation practice can help

July 18, 2022   |   15 Comments

Audio-only version is here. Meditation practice begins at 10:09. Dear Open Heart Project, I hope you are well and finding your way through this time! Before today’s sit, I wanted to offer a few words on working with painful emotions and how our meditation practice can help. In the Buddhist view, there are three possibilities for meeting our “negative” emotions.... READ MORE

Tonglen Practice

May 25, 2022   |   26 Comments

What happened in Uvalde yesterday was beyond shattering. There is nothing I or anyone can say to make this bearable. It is normal (and understandable) to go in one of three directions with our shock and heartbreak. We could fall into despair, We could become enraged. We could turn away because it is too much to bear. Each of these... READ MORE

The Six Paramitas: Wisdom

January 3, 2022   |   6 Comments

Audio-only version is here. Meditation practice begins at 22:53. Dear Open Heart Project, Happy new year! It is a delight to send you this sixth video in our series on the six paramitas or transcendent actions. Don’t worry if  you missed previous videos, you do not have to go back and start at the beginning. However, if you’d like to,... READ MORE

Happy New Year!

December 30, 2021   |   8 Comments

Dear Open Heart Project, It has been an honor to practice with you during this year of uncertainty and possibility. Personally, I have never needed sangha (community) more and I know I’m not alone in this! I look forward to continuing to send you meditation videos and short talks on bringing your practice off the cushion and into every aspect... READ MORE

The Six Paramitas: Meditative Absorption

December 20, 2021   |   4 Comments

Audio-only version is here. Meditation practice begins at 19:45. Dear Open Heart Project, Welcome to this short talk on the fifth of the six paramitas (or transcendent actions). You can jump in right here, but if you’d like to watch or re-watch the prefions videos, they are right here: Paramita #1: Generosity Paramita #2: Discipline Paramita #3: Patience Paramita #4:... READ MORE

The Six Paramitas: Exertion

December 6, 2021   |   19 Comments

Audio-only version is here. Meditation practice begins at 17:26. Dear Open Heart Project, Thank you so much for signing up for this six video series on the six paramitas or transcendent actions. These actions may sound ordinary—we all know that generosity, discipline, patience, exertion, concentration, and wisdom are worthy pursuits. We may have ideas about what each quality means, which... READ MORE

The Six Paramitas: Patience

November 22, 2021   |   9 Comments

Audio-only version is here. Meditation practice begins at 21:26. Dear Open Heart Project, I’m happy to send you this, the third video in our series on the six paramitas or transcendent actions. As you may recall, these are the actions we can take to create the world we want to live in, one where sanity, decency, kindness, and love reign... READ MORE

The Six Paramitas: Discipline

November 8, 2021   |   17 Comments

Audio-only version is here. Meditation practice begins at 24:44. Dear Open Heart Project, Thank you for signing up for this six video series on the six paramitas or transcendent actions. The first paramita, generosity, was covered here. Please enjoy this talk on the second paramita, discipline. And look for the next video in the series (on patience) next week. Thoughts,... READ MORE

The Six Paramitas: Generosity

October 25, 2021   |   18 Comments

Audio-only version is here. Meditation practice begins at 22:12. Dear Open Heart Project, Hello, excellent person. I’m so glad to welcome you to the first video in our new six-video series, The Six Paramitas (or transcendent actions). I’ve been studying and appreciating the Six Paramitas for many years. As is so for many wisdom teachings, with every moment of understanding... READ MORE

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