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A PAGE FOR MINDFUL LIVING by Nancy Bennett, Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teac

04/01/2026

I am deeply grateful to all of you for your support of my ability to share the Buddha’s teachings. It has been a joy to share these teachings and to know that many of your lives have been profoundly changed by learning and practicing what the Buddha taught. That I could be a part

22/12/2025

The holiday season is now upon with all its divergent energies. The winter solstice has arrived and the season is suspended in a balance. Nothing is actually reversing in the physical world. The earth is still on its 23 degree axis, spinning more or less around its own

15/12/2025

In January through the beginning of March, I myself will be taking Venerable Analayo’s 8-week course on the Sattipathana Sutta - or the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. These four foundations are Mindfulness of the Body, Mindfulness of Feelings, Mindfulness of the Mind, a

08/12/2025

In Insight Meditation, investigation of our experiences in each moment as they present themselves to us through our six senses (five sense and mind in Buddhism) is key to developing insight and liberation. So we investigate it all - sights, sounds, bodily sensations, smells, tastes, and me

01/12/2025

Ajahn Chah writes: “If you let go a little, you will find a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will find a lot of peace. If you let go absolutely, you will find absolute peace and tranquility.” Among Buddha’s earliest teachings was the Four Noble Truths - the truth of suffering, the truth ...

10/11/2025

This week we’ll continue ourinvestigation of metta or loving kindness - the first and the foundation of the sublime abidings, or states of minds. The other three are compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity and grow out of different conditions encountered by loving k

27/10/2025

We live in extraordinary times. The news recently has often been devastating bad, prompting feelings of shock, anger, grief, enough to take our breaths away. With these continual onslaughts, our first action needs to be the fresh intake of breath - breathing through it.

20/10/2025

The Buddha’s teaching on Mindfulness of Breathing is one of the most important teachings in Buddhism and the fruits are implicit in every breath awareness meditation you have ever heard and are ever likely to hear - in yoga studies, on meditation apps, in therapist’s offices. Mindfulness o

06/10/2025

As most of you know, I have been on a meditation retreat for a month. The retreat experience is relatively new and unfamiliar to most of Western society. But it was commonly referenced in the Buddha’s teaching and still widely practiced in Buddhist countries where it was and is a

25/08/2025

For the past several weeks, we have been exploring Mindfulness of Breathing, one of the fundamental meditation practices. Most meditators are familiar with mindfulness of breathing in some form. It is available and rewarding to beginning meditators and also presents a rich path f

11/08/2025

Last week we embarked on a journey into the wonderful teaching of Mindfulness of Breathing or in Pali Anapanasati as taught in the Anapansati Sutta (MN118). This practice, referred to variously as mindfulness of breathing, paying attention t

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