Spring Meditation #1: Faith
Each year, in preparation for spring, I read this book: Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience by Sharon Salzberg In my practice of both Catholicism and Judaism, I always appreciated the...
View ArticleSpring Preparation #5: Spring Ahead in Time
This Saturday night (Or on Sunday morning when we wonder why we are at church/yoga class/work when everyone else failed to show up and know quite honestly that it isn’t about moral superiority …..) we...
View ArticleMeditation Series
This fall, Yoga Matrika is offering a 12-week Meditation Series facilitated by Bhante Pema. This is a very unique opportunity in Pittsburgh to study and practice meditation. By making a 12-week...
View ArticleWe Can Be Buddhas
Excellent Ted Talk by Robert Thurman about the ego and that our misperception that what we are is inside our skin. Short, sweet, interesting and inspiring!
View ArticleOut of Beer?
Benjamin Franklin said that beer was proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. But, what happens when you run out of beer? Matthieu Ricard offers some ideas about happiness in this short talk....
View ArticleWanting Mind
Love Letter Thursday 5.16.13 Pittsburgh, PA On this Thursday, I send you some ideas on the wanting mind. Rooted in desire, the wanting mind is constantly evaluating what we like, don’t like, wish for...
View ArticleNEW Online Meditation Course
Four Noble Truths: Insights and Meditations In this five-week online course, we will explore the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism through Phillip Moffitt’s book, “Dancing with Life: Buddhist Insights for...
View ArticleBenefits of Reading Sutras
This month, I am starting an online course called Radiant Heart and we will be reading a number of Classical Buddhist texts that provide guidance for both meditation and interacting with others that...
View ArticleImperfect Vessels
I’m always reading. Whenever I come across common themes in my reading, I try to make note of it and then think about what that theme means to me in my life, my practice and my work. Two-weeks ago,...
View ArticleEverything Changes
[I said to Suzuki Roshi,] “I could listen to you for a thousand years and still not get it. Could you just please put it in a nutshell? Can you reduce Buddhism to one phrase?”…He was not a man you...
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