"A highly individualized spiritual belief system composed of selected elements drawn from various doctrines." — Judie Sigdel
One of my beloved dharma teachers, Katy Brennan, leads a lunchtime meditation every Thursday at the Kadampa Meditation Center NYC. Because of the pandemic, she now conducts her class via live streaming video. She sent the following dharma thoughts to her core students prior to today's class. It's so beautifully written (no surprise, since Katy …
The first of Buddhism's Four Nobel Truths is that "Life is suffering." Whoa! Harsh! What a downer! As someone who lives with chronic pain, this key premise scared me terribly and kept me from studying Buddhism in a sangha (spiritual community) for many years. I was happy to meditate at home alone thank you very much. …
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