Pathway to Presence

  • On Bodily Contemplations

    Dearest Friends, Thank you for your presences and your participation in our most recent gathering. In our last session, we moved to the fourth exercise listed under the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta’s section on mindfulness of the body, which involves the somewhat unusual practice… Continue reading

    On Bodily Contemplations
  • On Clear Comprehension

    Dearest Friends, It was delightful to be in your gracious company in our most recent gathering! In our last session, we shifted to the third exercise listed under the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta’s section on mindfulness of the body, which is maintaining a sense… Continue reading

    On Clear Comprehension
  • On Minding Postures

    Dearest Friends, Thank you for your presences and your participation in our most recent gathering! In our last session, we shifted to the second exercise listed under the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta’s section on mindfulness of the body, which is mindfulness of postures… Continue reading

    On Minding Postures
  • On the Truth of Dukkha

    Dearest Friends, It was delightful to be in your gracious company in our most recent gathering! In our last session, we continued our exploration of the breath as a support for generating liberating insight (vipassanā), focusing specifically on how the… Continue reading

    On the Truth of Dukkha
  • On Navigating Self

    Dearest Friends, Thank you for your presences and your participation in our most recent gathering! In our last session, we continued our exploration of the teaching of non-self (anattā). As I shared previously, the truth of non-self can be summarized… Continue reading

    On Navigating Self
  • On the Truth of Non-Self

    Dearest Friends, It was delightful to be in your company in our most recent gathering! In our last session, we continued our exploration of the breath as a support for generating liberating insight (vipassanā), focusing specifically on how the breath… Continue reading

    On the Truth of Non-Self
  • On the Truth of Impermanence

    Dearest Friends, Thank you for your presences and your participation in today’s gathering. In today’s session, we began our exploration of the breath as a support for generating liberating insight (vipassanā), focusing specifically on how the breath can offer us… Continue reading

    On the Truth of Impermanence
  • On Fostering Tranquility

    Dearest Friends, It was delightful to be in your company in today’s gathering. In today’s session, we continued our exploration of the breath as a support for cultivating mindfulness, focusing specifically on why the breath is one of the simplest… Continue reading

    On Fostering Tranquility
  • On Minding the Breath

    Dearest Friends, Thank you for your presences and your participation in our gathering today! In today’s session, we began a new series of explorations on how we can lean on the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta as a resource for deepening mindfulness. This… Continue reading

    On Minding the Breath
  • On Linguistic Filters

    Dearest Friends, It was delightful to be in your gracious company yet again today! In today’s session, we explored the last of the “filters” that shape our perceptions of reality, which is the filter of language. Like I shared in… Continue reading

    On Linguistic Filters