by Marco | Dec 12, 2020 | Study Guide, The Noble Eightfold Path
The Rewards of Right Action It’s not always easy to identify what right action is, but mindfulness and compassion can help you gain this wisdom. Read the following article and listen to the suggested audio dharma talk, and then deepen your understanding of the... 
by Marco | Nov 22, 2020 | Dharma Talks, The Noble Eightfold Path, Videos
The Promise of Karma In this moment a number of different karmic seeds are blossoming in your life. You can effect how this moment unfolds by being mindful and cultivating wise... 
by Marco | Nov 22, 2020 | Articles, Skillful Living, The Noble Eightfold Path
Do the Right Thing Practicing doing the right thing in small ways builds the potential to do the right thing in big ways. On March 16, 1968, Chief Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson, a US Army helicopter pilot, and two crewmen were flying a reconnaissance mission over the... 
by Jeanne Ricci | Nov 22, 2020 | Dharma Talks, The Noble Eightfold Path
Finding Possibility in All That Arises and Passes Whatever arises has to vanish. If you’re living for the future achievement, you’re missing the beauty of now. Goals tend to focus on an imagined future and are not necessarily concerned with what is... 
by Jeanne Ricci | Nov 21, 2020 | Dharma Talks, The Noble Eightfold Path
Two Facets of Wisdom The Four Noble Truths was the Buddha’s first teaching after he found freedom from his own suffering. Understanding the meaning of these Noble Truths—that your life contains moments of dukkha; that the cause of your dukkha is clinging to desired... 
by Jeanne Ricci | Nov 21, 2020 | Dharma Talks, The Noble Eightfold Path
Wise Living In studying the dharma, we are often instructed to surrender to the present, but what does it mean really? When we surrender, we are relinquishing our demand that the present be something other than it actually is and we are fostering a willingness to be... 