This talk explores what faith (saddhā) means in Buddhism, its crucial role on the path to awakening and how it grows from borrowed trust to confidence confirmed by your own experience.
A lot of us are insecure in our parenting, but when we come back to the basics of practice, we find that just being ourselves and loving ourselves is just what we've been needing; both to heal and to be the kind of parents we want to be. This talk was given to parents at the Spirit Rock Family retreat.
When external conditions begin to fluctuate and spin at a fast pace, we need to know how to ground and stabilize ourselves internally. This is what the four foundations of mindfulness are pointing towards. Knowing how to establish mindfulness is an empowerment. It creates agency in oneself and allows us to move through challenging situations with strength and integrity.
Your heart/mind is ceaselessly sensitive to the inner and outer conditions of suffering. In life and in meditation, it's so humbling to see how much of the suffering one experiences is created by one's very own mind. How should we live with this recognition? What should we do about it?
