What is cooking in the kitchen of your mind? Who's the chef? Is anyone watching the stove? If you are, then good looking out! This episode is about the sutta called "The Simile of The Cook" and is talking about the importance of minding your practice, fine tuning and tweaking "the recipe" as needed, and more. I hope you enjoy this one!

It's Mindfulness Monday AND Earth Day. Of course we talk about the ways The Buddha incorporated nature into the practice! This was a lovely fun take on a serious topic - the climate crisis. I hope you'll find some inspiration in this dharma talk and meditation for Earth Day 2024!

Two Hands Sangha Dharma talk on the topic of generosity, mostly, and how we can begin to tackle the challenge facing unhoused people in our country. Spoiler alert: It isn't by ticketing and fining them.

Dharma Talk and Meditation on the topic of Forgiveness, Boundaries, and more requested by a community member. I hope you find this beneficial. Enjoy!

The final talk in the series of practices I'm calling "R.E.S.T." is on being "Thankful". Another way of saying Gratitude, the "T" is for "Thankful" and finishes up your REST practice. I hope this series of practices has given you a simple way to go through your days, practicing. Enjoy!

In this ongoing series for four talks on the R.E.S.T. set of practices, "S" stands for "Set Intentions" or, you could even say, "Samma Sankappa". This third offering of the four talks about closing out your day by setting intentions for the following day of practice. I hope you'll enjoy this talk followed by a brief meditation!

When you've used careful attention (reflection) in your practice, you can better embody the Dhamma out in the world each day. This Dhamma talk and meditation continue where the "Reflect" episode left off, and discusses how we live out the dharma in our daily life. Hope you enjoy!

The Buddha stressed to us the importance of Reflection often. That it was helpful before, during, and after our thoughts words and deeds. We hear this often, but nearly as often are confused as to how to do that or what it is. This talk explores that, and I hope you enjoy it.

Dharma Talk and Meditation on the topics of Emptiness and Non-Self. Inspired by a wonderful conversation about "souls" with a friend, these thoughts barely scratch the surface but I hope it helps a little with these ideas, which can be confusing to many of us! Enjoy!

Less of a dharma talk, and more of an opinion piece with some dharma viewpoints on the topic of April Fools Day. Do you like it? Not like it? Don't care? What would the Buddha have thought? Join the discussion and see! Enjoy!