The Noble Eightfold Path | Skillful Actions, Part 2 — Last episode we began discussing how our actions fit into the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path. And because our time was limited, we were able to cover only the first of four precepts — abstaining from causing physical harm. Today, then, we will pick up where we left off and discuss…

The Noble Eightfold Path | Skillful Actions — Today, we are going to start exploring our actions in the world, as they relate to the Buddha’s Eightfold Path. Together with our speech and livelihoods, our actions compose the second of three arenas of training along the Path — training in Virtue. And, as with all the other dimensions…

The Noble Eightfold Path | Exercises in Speech — In the last episode, we began our training in virtue — the second of three training arenas along the Noble Eightfold Path. First, I noted that in this arena of training we will work on choreographing our thoughts and understanding onto the world stage, using the only mediums we have…

The Noble Eightfold Path | Training in Virtue — Over the last few weeks, we’ve been exploring the Buddha’s Eightfold Path, which can be divided into three arenas of training — training in wisdom, virtue, and cognition. …

The Noble Eightfold Path | Thoughts of Compassion — Over the last several weeks, we’ve been exploring the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path. More particularly, in the last few episodes we’ve been exploring one arena of training along this path, training in thought. In the last episode, I suggested that when you apply your understanding of the Four Noble Truths…

The Noble Eight Fold Path | Thoughts of Kindness — Over the last several weeks, we’ve been exploring the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path. And in the last episode, we explored more fully one arena of our training along this path, training in thought. More specifically, we explored thoughts of renunciation. Today, we will continue in this direction but, instead of…

The Noble Eightfold Path | Thoughts of Renunciation — Today, we will continue our exploration of thought as it relates to the Buddha’s Eightfold Path. To quickly recap, in the last episode, we went over some general exercises to begin opening us to the world of thought. …

The Noble Eightfold Path: Thought & Intention — Thought, together with perception, produces everything. It creates our words, propels our actions, and establishes our being in the world. It provides a space, a home, a roof, for our sense of self to create, express, live, and love. Thought takes the seamless and interconnected whole of existence and breaks…

The Noble Eightfold Path: Worldview & Perception | Part 2 — Today I want to add a bit more dimension to my article on perception, which is part of a larger series on the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path. To recap, the faculty of perception, remember, collects sensory data, and then constructs the data into a distinct concept, stores and organizes it…