Mindfulness and Suffering
Mindfulness
The dharma is beautiful at the beginning, beautiful in the middle, and beautiful at the end. The Buddha Mindfulness – present moment awareness, bare attention, or nonjudgmental awareness – is
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Present Moment Awareness in Anxious Times
What is this moment? Who am I? How can I cultivate peace in the midst of this world just as it is? These are not different questions. They are pointers
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Thoughts in Meditation
Thought by thought arising . . . Never separate from the Heart. Kanzeon Sutra The Kanzeon Sutra, a short form of the Heart Sutra, celebrates the boundless compassion of the
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Original Love Launch Evening, July 19 Video
Watch the Original Love launch evening – guided meditation, talk, and Q&A. Henry introduces the concepts and practices that come together in Original Love. For me personally, this is quite
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Dharmatalk: A Koan for the World (2 of 3)
“… join with human beings around the world in unravelling the great, global koan …” “… Oneness is a property of all phenomena ...” Description: This talk contains some practical advice
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Dharmatalk: Allowing: Original Love – Introduction (2 of 5)
“… well-being which is what brings many of us into meditation ...” Description: Henry introduces the concept Original Love in this first talk from our 2020 Summer Virtual Sesshin. Original
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Dharmatalk: Finding Peace: Original Love One – Mindfulness (3 of 4)
“… how we human bodies find peace with ourselves ...” Description: Third talk from the Original Love One – Mindfulness Retreat. Henry continues the great exploration about how we human bodies
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Bridging a Gap and Q&A with Henry Shukman – April 15, 2021 (Video)
Henry opens this Thursday evening dharma talk with a short awareness/grounding practice that we can do anytime during our day: Awareness, Balance, Core or ABC. Henry also reads a short
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Dharmatalk: Dealing with Desire: Original Love One – Mindfulness (2 of 4)
“How will we know when we have mastered desire? Tranquility marked by a sense that we are lucky to be living whatever life we happen to be living.” ~ Dr
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Why Koans? Talk Two, Henry Shukman
…it’s a matter of pointing to the human heart mind and finding that you are this great awakening. Its a matter of seeing your own heart mind, your experience of
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It’s All Empty: Talk 1 from Winter Solstice Retreat, 2020
This moment – just as it is – is our reality. In this first talk from our Winter Solstice Retreat, Henry describes how meditation practice exclusively focused on awakening (kensho)
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