Mindfulness for Stress Reduction | MBSR in San Francisco with Augusta Hopkins

Transcendent Dependent Arising

Transcendent Dependent Arising Upanisa Sutta: Discourse on Supporting Conditions (Samyutta Nikaya 12:23) While staying at Savatthi the Exalted One said: “The destruction of the cankers, practitioners, is for one who knows and sees, I say, not for one who does not know and does not see. Knowing what, seeing what does the destruction of the […]

Lawfulness of Progress

Lawfulness of Progress (Anguttara Nikaya 10:2) For one who is virtuous and endowed with virtue, there is no need for an act of will: “May non-remorse arise in me!” It is a natural law, practitioners, that non-remorse will arise in one who is virtuous. For one free of remorse, there is no need for an […]

The High of Getting Things Done

Enjoy this five minute inspiration to soak in your accomplishments Augusta Hopkins offers LIVE + EDITED, RAW wisdom about the power of greed (in a Buddhist sense) and the suffering we all experience through our own false feelings of lack. and how to find FREEDOM from that! We can feel better by recognizing and embracing […]

Cultivate Mindfulness through Simple Tasks

Simple Tasks Can Lead to Mindfulness. Who knew? In the Plum Village Tradition we have Bells of Mindfulness – things that bring is back to the present moment. The sound of a bell, church bells, a ringing phone are common Bells of Mindfulness. But we don’t have to limi ourselves to literal bells. We don’t […]

Bells of Mindfulness

Listen, listen, the sound of this bell brings me back to my true home. What is my true home you might ask? Thich Nhat Hanh would say, “The here and now.” Sayadaw U Tejaniya would say, “Presence. Awareness.” I’d say, “Yes! And yes!” Learning to come back to the here and now, in present moment […]

Public Walking Meditation to Honor Thich Nhat Hanh

  Let us honor our beloved teacher, peace activist, Zen Master, and poet Thich Nhat Hanh, who joined the great majority. He was 95. It was midnight in Hue 22nd January, 2022 (9am PT 21 Jan 2022) as Thay transitioned. Thay taught, there is no birth and no death. We are his continuation. Let us practice as he has […]

30 Min Body Scan Cultivating Rest

Please enjoy this gift of rest. We rarely give ourselves the opportunity to rest. And in our busy lives we need this rest more and more. Enjoy a 1/2 an hour of resting and cultivating ease through this body scan guided meditation. Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Letting Go and Letting Be

Letting Go Of How This Moment Should Be and Letting Others Be Who They Are 11 December 2019 Listen or Read What a amazing retreat. It is hard to know where to begin. I had so many amazing insights, reflections, thoughts and ideas. Tonight I want to talk about the idea of letting go and […]