Pilgrimage, Devotion, and Uposatha Sit & Dharma Talk with with SIM Community Teacher Rich Howard and SIM Community Member John “Boogie” Phelps. How does our practice include the warmth of heart, expressed freely in devotion? Sometimes it may seem as if Buddhism’s intention to relieve suffering and be awake to the way things are, in Western […]

“Just let it go!” Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde   Where have you heard that before? These words have become as ubiquitous a phrase as “Have a nice day!” How seriously should we take it, and is this directive even possible OR desirable? This rather prosaic statement is stating in colloquial […]

The Role Of “Framing Experience” In Performance, Satisfaction and Happiness Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Founding Teacher Dennis Warren Every day we are presented with circumstances that can be opportunities, challenges or problems depending on how our mind frames the experience that is taking place. The way our mind frames an experience has enormous influence […]