This episode is a gentle return to something simple, sacred, and too often forgotten: the present moment. The only moment we ever truly have. 

We explore what it means to really be present. True calm arises when we're not lost in yesterday's story or tomorrow's worries but rest in the stillness of the now. JoAnn Fox, a Buddhist teacher of over twenty years, will talk about why presence is the ground of peace, the birthplace of connection, and the secret doorway to joy.

Let's take a breath and be here now.

They do not grieve over the past,

Nor do they yearn for the future;

They live only in the present

— That is why their face is so calm.

 

It's from yearning for the future,

And from grieving over the past;

This is how fools become withered

Like a fresh reed that's been hacked down.

–Buddha, from the Arañña Sutta (A Face So Calm)

 

Resources

Buddha, translated by Andrew Olendzki, 2006. The Arañña Sutta: A Face So Calm. Retrieved from: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn01/sn01.010.olen.html

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