Yearly Article Archive

Wandering Mind Not a Happy Mind

In guided mindfulness or vipassana meditation practices one will eventually hear an instruction something like: “If your mind has wandered, acknowledge your mind has wandered and with a non-judgemental and compassionate intention bring your awareness back to your primary object of meditation or the present moment.” If you have not heard that instruction please come and visit our mindfulness group one Monday night at Trinity.

The Good by Bhikkhu Bodhi

According to the Buddha’s teaching, the necessary condition for any degree of true happiness is Goodness, that is, moral rectitude or virtue (sila). Such Goodness is to be realized by ethical behaviour. In order to be truly happy, to experience true happiness in our lives, we must lead an ethically virtuous life. This means that we must adopt standards of behaviour by which we give consideration to the well-being of others in our bodily actions and speech.

Old Wounds to Heal

For most people meditation practice doesn’t “do it all.” At best, it’s one important piece of a complex path of opening and awakening. Even the Best Meditators Have Old Wounds to Heal by Jack Kornfield

Five Subjects for Contemplation

In the Anguttara Nikaya the Buddha has said that there are five subjects which should be contemplated over and over again by men and women, by laymen as well as recluses. To read the complete discourse see: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.057.than.html.

Why End Suffering?

The Buddha declares that he teaches the Dhamma for the sole purpose of leading beings to freedom from suffering. If, moved by that teaching, we resolve to make an end to suffering, it is of prime importance that we understand the problem of suffering clearly and in its true width and depth. If our grasp of the problem is incomplete, our endeavours to eliminate it will also be incomplete, incapable of garnering the strength needed to yield fully satisfactory results.

Buffalo Meets Burma

In the past couple years, more than 4,000 Burmese people have come to Buffalo, New York and have made a home here. This accounts for almost 1% of our population. It is time to learn more about our new neighbors and welcome them into our community.

The Mindful Lawyer

Law School to Cultivate Peaceful and Ethical Lawyers Through ‘Mindfulness’ Techniques

UB Law School students can take a new course focusing on “mindfulness” and how to keep their values in tact.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A new University at Buffalo Law School course will use an innovative technique called “mindfulness reflection” to help students cultivate honesty, wisdom and humility, values central to the classical tradition of lawyers who saw themselves as public servants devoted to a public purpose, along with skilled advocacy for their clients.