Against The Stream

Noah gives a mindfulness dharma talk and guided meditation with Q&A. Sign up to participate with the sangha on Against The Stream's Zoom Dharma talks. LINK IN EPISODE NOTES | DETAILS

Noah gives a mindfulness dharma talk and guided meditation with Q&A. Sign up to participate with the sangha on Against The Stream's Zoom Dharma talks. LINK IN EPISODE NOTES | DETAILS

Noah gives a mindfulness dharma talk and guided meditation with Q&A. Sign up to participate with the sangha on Against The Stream's Zoom Dharma talks. LINK IN EPISODE NOTES | DETAILS

Noah gives a mindfulness dharma talk and guided meditation with Q&A. Sign up to participate with the sangha on Against The Stream's Zoom Dharma talks. LINK IN EPISODE NOTES | DETAILS

Rachael Savage gives a mindfulness dharma talk and guided Tonglen meditation.

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Reflecting on how incredibly radical this proposal is; the Buddha’s proposal that we can be at ease, we can be at peace, we can be free from suffering no matter what is happening. No matter what the mind is doing, no matter what the body is experiencing, no matter what the world is doing. That we can, that there is the potential, there is the possibility, there is this radical proposal that our happiness is not dependent on conditions. Just reflect on that for a moment.

Reflecting on how incredibly radical this proposal is; the Buddha’s proposal that we can be at ease, we can be at peace, we can be free from suffering no matter what is happening. No matter what the mind is doing, no matter what the body is experiencing, no matter what the world is doing. That we can, that there is the potential, there is the possibility, there is this radical proposal that our happiness is not dependent on conditions. Just reflect on that for a moment.

Reflecting on how incredibly radical this proposal is; the Buddha’s proposal that we can be at ease, we can be at peace, we can be free from suffering no matter what is happening. No matter what the mind is doing, no matter what the body is experiencing, no matter what the world is doing. That we can, that there is the potential, there is the possibility, there is this radical proposal that our happiness is not dependent on conditions. Just reflect on that for a moment.

On Sunday mornings I teach the heart practices, the way that we turn towards reality, what’s actually happening, and learn to cultivate skills to not suffer, to not suffer so badly.

Sangha is one of our refuges. It’s called one of the three jewels in Buddhism:

The buddha; our inner potential to awaken, to face reality and be with it

The dharma; the teachings, the way things are, this ability we all have to turn towards what is true, and face reality

The sangha, our community

Reading reference: ‘The Heart of the Revolution’ by Noah Levine. Link in episode notes below.

The hinderances are the first kind of thing that we look at in the fourth foundation of mindfulness. These are areas of exploration and investigation with mindfulness; we take the same skill we have been building in all four foundations of mindfulness; present time non-judgmental investigative awareness.

First foundation of mindfulness is the body.

Second foundation of mindfulness is the feeling tone.

Third foundation of mindfulness is of the mind.

Fourth foundation of mindfulness is of the investigation and exploration of the collection of things we can experience and know.