Dharma Talks / The face of Manas revealed: understanding a hidden aspect of our consciousness

In Zen, we often say that the moment of death is the moment that reveals how we have been practicing. Indeed, the fear of dying is the base for all other fears. As practitioners, death should be an object of our contemplation. Sister Insight shares her experience of practicing...

What do you truly want for your life? Knowing this becomes a source of energy on our path. When we see our path clearly, we are no longer afraid. Mindfulness is the energy of awareness that enables us to apply the practice in our daily life. This allows us...

Sr Tue Nghiem gives the New Year’s eve talk on looking for our true home. A true home is a place where there is true love, spaciousness and peace. With the approaching new year, she asks us to examine our lives and see if we are looking and going...

Dharma talk given by sister Tu Nghiem during a lay day in the Rains Retreat 2018. Read the Discourse on Love Help us caption & translate this video! https://amara.org/v/mPee/

When we understand ourselves we can understand other people. But we often look at reality with tinted glasses on, not able to look beyond ideas, perceptions and prejudices. That’s why we need to wake up. (2:34) The second Factor of Awakening is “investigation of phenomena” (or dharmas). Investigation of...

Sister Annabel Chan Duc’s thought-provoking memoir True Virtue: The Journey of an English Buddhist Nun is now available everywhere books are sold. https://www.parallax.org/product/true-virtue/ ~~~~ In our life, there is normally a good balance of happiness and suffering. But when the balance tips too much towards suffering, we try to...