Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
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Do we have enough awareness to purify the mind? If we practice humility – not being kidnapped by self-obsession or distraction – if we live with restraint and focus, we come to realize and discover who we really are. Our spiritual parent in this waking up is reflective conscious awareness that is infinite and pervasive. We take greatest care of this consciousness through the power to purify…
Walking the cedar loop trail brings memories of those who have passed and are memorialized on the grounds of the monastery. While reflecting on their passing, inevitably we reflect on our own. This powerful way of practice brings to the forefront of consciousness the special value of contemplating our own death. Not only is it a sign of the transitory nature of these impermanent bodies, but when…
How do we abide in peace? Let us develop awareness. Listen and try to be peaceful with all that arises in consciousness. Meditate, be present, attentive, and aware – here and now. We try to understand more deeply how the mind works. Can we soften our difficult memories or thoughts with the medicine of the Dhamma? Rather than agitating during rough times, we find sure footing moment by moment .…
We may think we are mindful, but it's good to look more carefully, with humility, and check. Are we actually present? Otherwise, who is living our life? Can we really sustain present moment awareness and know the purity of what we are? Bearing witness in this way deepens our understanding. For living in awareness is sanctuary. Whether in times of triumph or tears, let us navigate our experiences…
Meditation practice takes the courage and patience to pay close attention to your own experience. Look inward and dive into the heart beyond all mental fabrication to see with a still, clear, objective, and purified mind. When the mind is empty of opinions or commentary, we are anchored in the present moment, not running backwards or forwards. We witness what is in the mind here and now – knowing…
With the Buddha as our guide, we walk a courageous path. See how the world burns from cruel and chaotic forces? At times we may feel that we are on sorrow mountain. But we persevere, protected and faithful. And with uncompromising nobility, we transform fear and despair into compassionate awareness and the heart’s peace. Freedom from mental suffering is within reach. So walk in the footprints of…
Can we trust the current of Dhamma to take us to the ocean? Not the vast ocean of samsara, but the ocean of compassion and wisdom which is far greater! What’s more, we can enter it if we trust waking up to the truth of who we really are. Mindfulness is our worthy ally and guide. So practise mindful awareness with utmost care and diligence. Even if we lose the way in distracted thoughts, just…
The Buddha's universal antidote to suffering is activated in the heart. It works through pure undiluted awareness when we begin to taste a boundless peace – far from fear, worry, or depression. Practise this pure presence and directly see your true nature. So where is the 'self' that we forever concoct, grasp, cherish and cling to? Witness consciousness just as it is – empty of thought or opinion…
Life is a mystery. We don’t’ really know from where we come or where we are going. But as we reflect on this mystery, we can abide in gratitude - because it is a gift. Seeing it's boundlessness, we no longer limit it with our expectations. If there were no mystery, we would be caught up in the limits of thought, the ego itself. But in the joy and wonder of this moment, we enter the chord of…
Contentment protects us from greed and ill will by riding the waves of life without getting too lost in the highs or swallowed up by the lows or wanting things to change. Again and again, we contemplate the nature of mind that naturally inclines towards kindness, generosity and peace in pure awareness here and now. Beyond the moods and emotions that derail our inner contentment, we see the true…
Can we feel Truth working through us in our human form? We all arise and pass within this tapestry of experience. And its spiritual tests appear as sufferings – yet they bestow incomparable joys and peace. Whatever we endure pierces the darkness to release us into pure awareness. We know a liberation of spirit born of courage and patience beyond ordinary love – one that transforms us through the…
