This time has been a great opportunity to further our practice through exploration and study. Subscribers to The Mountain Gate have been sharing on-line courses, articles and videos and this newsletter consolidates these resources. We’ll also post the links on...
There are many forms of meditation. Within Buddhism, the main focus is developing and cultivating mindfulness and moment-by-moment awareness, achieved through training and practice. According to the Buddha, there are are four aspects to be cultivated called the...
According to Buddhist teachings, the ultimate truth is not something mysterious and remote, but the truth of our own experience. To be liberating, this truth has to be known directly, gained by insight and realized within oneself. To bring our life experience into...
The Eightfold Path is the Buddha’s guide to enlightenment. Right Livelihood is the fifth element of the Path, and is grouped with Right Speech and Right Action to form the “moral discipline” (read: ethical conduct or harmonious practice)...
