Entries by David Guerrieri
6/25/2026 “Right” Effort in Meditation, Practice and Life” with Dennis Warren
The importance of focusing our attention and investigation on Effort in meditation, practice and life is frequently overlooked or minimized. “Right Effort,” or “Right Energy,” is foundational to our understanding […]
6/18/2026 “Nibbāna: The Highest Happiness” with Grace Lee
What is Nibbāna? What does it look like when someone is fully enlightened? What might it look and feel like when you are fully enlightened, and how might you practice […]
6/11/2026 “The Long and Winding Path to Freedom” with Rich Howard
A long hike requires many resources: a healthy body, food and water, the right clothing and gear, not to mention motivation and a sense of direction. The practice of mindfulness, […]
6/4/2026 “Anger… it’s complicated!” with Diane Wilde
Anger creeps into our lives uninvited, disguised in a variety of forms. it is a multi-faceted emotion that is on the continuum of “ill-will,” (dosa in Pali) the second of […]
5/28/2026 “Ethical Conduct is the Path of Liberation…” with Tony Bernhard
We take up meditation and engage in dharma study to cultivate morally skillful behavior in our speech and action. Ethical conduct is not an adjunct to practice, it is at […]
5/21/2026 “Reflections on Perceptions” with Rich Howard
Perception is one of the proximate causes for mindfulness to arise. Perception is also the source of concepts, confusion, and papanca, the proliferation of thoughts that causes us to suffer. […]
5/14/2026 “Equanimity and Equanimous Happiness” with Dennis Warren
Equanimity, and the unique form of happiness that accompanies it, is considered one of the most important qualities of mind and heart in Buddhist practice. It is frequently misunderstood. And […]