by Jeanne Ricci | Jan 9, 2021 | Meditations, Self-Soothing Practices, The Four Brahmaviharas, The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
Finding Equanimity in Meditation Practice keeping the mind balanced when physical sensations and sounds arise during meditation. The mind can stay balanced even during the unexpected. Dharma Wisdom with Phillip Moffitt · Finding Equanimity in... 
by Jeanne Ricci | Jan 9, 2021 | Dharma Talks, The Noble Eightfold Path, The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
How Intention and Energy Support Concentration Learn to collect and unify the mind. As you develop your concentration practice, you access more energy and it becomes more available to your mindfulness practice. When you have energy and not equanimity, you will feel... 
by Jeanne Ricci | Dec 18, 2020 | Meditations, Self-Soothing Practices, The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
Fully Arriving In The Here And Now Meditation This is a guided meditation that can help you stay in the present, here and now. Here, now, not before, not after. There is no presence, no agency in the past. It’s a memory of something gone, no longer present.... 
by Marco | Dec 12, 2020 | Study Guide, The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
Happiness Here and Now Mindfulness of your happiness can be a gateway to liberation. Read the following article and listen to the suggested audio dharma talk, and then deepen your understanding of the teachings by contemplating the reflections provided below.... 
by Jeanne Ricci | Nov 23, 2020 | Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta, Dharma Talks, The Four Noble Truths, The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
Embodied Awareness of the Four Noble Truths Through mindfulness of the body, you begin to see why the Buddha began with the First Noble Truth, dukkha, the stress and anxiety interwoven in all life. You can also experience in your body the Second Noble Truth, since you... 
by Jeanne Ricci | Nov 23, 2020 | Dharma Talks, The Four Foundations of Mindfulness, The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
What Does It Mean to Awaken in the Body? You can learn to utilize mindfulness of the body as a way of training yourself to stay present in this very moment. It’s quite a feat to stay mindfully present in your body despite the pressures and responsibilities in...