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 […]