Intro talks about using the breath in working with pain recovering from surgery. Main talk addresses “citta,” mind or mind states from Anapanasati Sutta. This goes into different ways of defining the mind.
From a Buddhism and the Twelve Steps class series at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Spring 2011. Many of the ideas in these classes...
After some reflections on working with pain after surgery, I talk about a passage in the Simile of the Saw sutta that challenges us...
Reflections on my early practice. Anecdotes from that time, including hearing John Lennon during a meditation retreats.