Chicago lake shore Last week I gave a talk to the Lakeside Vipassana meditation group in Chicago. It was an incredibly cold evening outside (by my standards) but there was a good turn-out and a warm response to my exploration of Effort and Enjoyment in meditation practice. I’ve been meeting with meditation groups in aContinue reading “Effort and Enjoyment”
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Spirit Rock / IMS 2013 teacher training group
Photograph of the trainee teachers at Spirit House, San Francisco, with some of the mentor teachers: Jack Kornfield, Phillip Moffitt, and Andrea Fella
Generosity part 2 – Christmas
More on generosity – this time from the English monk Ajahn Sucitto. He asks some great questions in his latest blog: “So how well does the notion of the self-centred human, motivated by profit and personal gain, stand up in this light? What is noticeable is that when given a free choice, people incline towardsContinue reading “Generosity part 2 – Christmas”
Jill Shepherd: insight meditation 