Tea with Mara

A Community requested Dhamma Talk and meditation on the difference between discernment and judgment, and how to move from judgment toward discernment in our practice. I hope you find this informative…

Dharma Talk and Meditation (heavily influenced by The Wizard of Oz) on understanding that what we seek out there is already within us, and the practices to help us see that such as Mindfulness, Allow…

Two Hands Sangha Dharma Talk on the Four Nutriments and the Puttamansa Sutta (SN 12.63), which is a wonderful, but seemingly dark sutta that is kind of graphic in nature. Despite its graphic visuals,…

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 ta…

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 yo…

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 th…

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 ser…

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 o…

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…

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 ho…

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 l…

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 …

Inspired by a couple of questions a friend and listener asked me, I decided to try and address things that people find confusing or confounding about Buddhism tonight. Since I don't claim to have all…

Dharma Talk and meditation based on the chapter called "The Three Bodies of the Buddha" in Thich Nhat Hanh's book Heart of The Buddha's Teachings. I hope you'll enjoy this venture into a little Mahay…

Dharma Talk from Two Hands Sangha one The One Cookie Loophole! Actually, it's about the Three Dharma Seals, or Four, as it turned out. I read mostly from Thich Nhat Hanh's book Heart of The Buddha's …

For this episode, I am reposting a dharma talk from almost exactly a year ago. Around this time, roughly, a year ago...Metallica blessed the world with the 72 Seasons Album, giving us the best album …

Finishing up the third of a series of three talks on the Five Faculties/Powers in the dharma. Monday of last week we talked about Faith and Wisdom, Thursday we talked about Energy and Concentration. …

Dharma Talk from Two Hands Sangha on 03/10/24 on what the Buddha said about avoiding theatrical productions! Which is really a talk about the Sigalovada Sutta (thought of as the Vinaya for Householde…

Dharma Talk and Meditation on Energy and Concentration, with a random bit of wisdom from Run DMC. Hope you enjoy!