This is the start of a new year. Traditionally, it is a time for reflecting on how …
Three Types of Calmness
In this tradition of practice, we often hear teachers warning us to not attach to …
Seeing Nature
Many insight meditation teachers in the Thai Forest tradition, including those in …
Movement of Body and Mind
In the practice of Mahasati meditation, we are urged to be aware of movement – …
Two Types of Knowing
Our practice is all about developing mindfulness, or nonjudgmental …
The Two Arrows of Suffering
A very helpful teaching of the Buddha found in the Pali Canon (Sallatha Sutta) is …
The Three-Legged Stool of Suffering
Buddhist insight meditation practice is the study of suffering. It is the study of …
Wandering Mind as Teacher
With our Mahasati practice, we are training the mind to know itself in the present …
True Freedom
People generally come to the practice of meditation looking for freedom – freedom …
