A guided instructional sit, beginning with Metta meditation and expanding into the purposes of reflection. Instructions continuing the practice of attending, investigation with allowance and deep appreciation.
We believe that the now is more important than past and future, there is an essence behind personality and we have to work through our stuff to get to our Buddha nature. Truth dissolves these dualities.
Teachings of impermanence continually surround us. As we open our eyes to this great truth, it becomes the means of whithering away the tendency to grasp and cling.
We are preoccupied with self and other. Love needs to be liberated from self and other, popular culture and religion. Authentic love is a liberating force in the world.
Instructional overview of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, focusing on intentional investigation, your attention with an allowing attitude. Vipassana, clear seeing, as outcome to this practice.
Cultivating skiils to live closely with this bodily process through sense experience. Practice in lying down, sitting, standing, and moving or walking.
This talk explores the range of skillful effort, from ardent and zealous practice to spacious relaxation. Shaila points to a nondual realization that reveals our freedom in both action and in ease.
