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2018

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The New Year: Kamma & Intentions

December 22, 2018 by Mike Bresnan

This is the start of a new year. Traditionally, it is a time for reflecting on how our life is going, of …

Three Types of Calmness

November 28, 2018 by Mike Bresnan

In this tradition of practice, we often hear teachers warning us to not attach to calmness. Since many people …

Seeing Nature

October 27, 2018 by Mike Bresnan

Many insight meditation teachers in the Thai Forest tradition, including those in Luangpor Teean’s lineage, …

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Movement of Body and Mind

September 26, 2018 by Mike Bresnan

In the practice of Mahasati meditation, we are urged to be aware of movement – movement of the body and …

Two Types of Knowing

August 28, 2018 by Mike Bresnan

Our practice is all about developing mindfulness, or nonjudgmental awareness/knowing. People may not realize …

The Two Arrows of Suffering

July 27, 2018 by Mike Bresnan

A very helpful teaching of the Buddha found in the Pali Canon (Sallatha Sutta) is the simile of the 2 arrows …

The Three-Legged Stool of Suffering

June 25, 2018 by Mike Bresnan

Buddhist insight meditation practice is the study of suffering. It is the study of exactly how suffering …

Wandering Mind as Teacher

May 22, 2018 by Mike Bresnan

With our Mahasati practice, we are training the mind to know itself in the present moment. We are training our …

True Freedom

April 25, 2018 by Mike Bresnan

People generally come to the practice of meditation looking for freedom – freedom from suffering, from things …

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