Category: Weekly Tuesday Reading

Readings for Tuesday morning’s meditation

  • Love and Compassion in Action

    The Buddha teaches that during our meditation we can send our mind of love and compassion into the four directions and embrace all species of living beings. But we must be careful not to think that the meditations of love and compassion consist in just sitting still and imagining that our mind of love and Read more

  • BEING A SMART ANIMAL

    BEING A SMART ANIMAL

    This week’s reading is from Jan Frazier’s book, “The Great Sweetening, Life After Thought,” pp.8-10 “Once upon a time there was a creature endowed with a fine mind, and also with sense receptors that were sweetly attuned to the surrounding world and to its own delightful body.  This intelligent and feeling creature could pick up Read more

  • GENEROSITY

    “Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.  You might experiment with using the cultivation of generosity as a vehicle for deep self-observation and inquiry as well as an exercise in giving.  A good place to start is with yourself.  See if you can Read more