Michael comments on the Buddhist text The Dhammapada exploring projection on teachers, noticing rigidity, and…
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Copenhagen 2: Letting Go of Hostility & Resentment
Michael uses the Dhammapada to explore letting go of hostility, it’s effect on kids and…
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The Four Tasks
The Four Tasks: 1. Embrace Life, 2. Let go of Craving, 3. Stop & See,…
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Craving, Love & Reflections on Suicide
Drawing on the Buddha’s first teaching, Michael talks on craving to be someone, craving to…
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Summer Silent Retreat pt.4: A Block of Ice Makes A lot of Water
Michael explains Nirvana, the Deathless, Buddhist practice without religion, and a re-thinking of the core…
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Summer Silent Retreat pt.3
When you’re feeling Stuck. Michael gives a talk on the “killing” energy of Mara, the…
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Summer Silent Retreat pt. 1
When you have imbalanced attention how can you live an intentional life? Michael talks about…
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Guided Meditation
All your life, you’ve been searching, without knowing it, for exactly this moment. Michael Stone…
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Relationship is the Key to Awakening
Michael Stone discusses recent book Family Wakes Us Up and how family life - from…
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Hope Without Optimism
On Silent Retreat Michael Stone explores the Zen koan “Why Can’t the Tail Pass Through”…
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