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Shantideva’s Deep Teachings on Patience
Roots of Compassion 2020
Five talks by Tim Burnettby Tim Burnett, September 2020 THE BUDDHIST ROOTS OF MINDFULNESS 2020 In August 2020, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett co-led a 5-day retreat on the Buddhist teachings on patience with reference to the 8th Century Indian teacher Shantideva and his famous work Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. The primary […]
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The Thread You Follow
Article by Tim Burnett
April 2020Dear Friends, There’s a poem by William Stafford called “The Way It Is” that we share in class sometimes: There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to…
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Just Float
Article by Carolyn McCarthy
November 2019In my favorite holiday movie, Home for the Holidays, single mother Claudia Larson (the fabulous Holly Hunter) is living the full catastrophe. In the span of 24 hours, she gets fired, kisses her (now former) boss, and comes down with a cold. She’s headed to visit her family for Thanksgiving, and her teenage daughter has…
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STOP
Practice InstructionsFeeling alarmed? Getting reactive? Try STOP-ing. By helping you drop below the “story line” and into your lived experience, this brief practice may help you feel the space between stimulus and response. At the very least, it may prevent you from doing or saying something you’ll regret. Graphic by Tim Burnett, (c) Mindfulness Northwest, 2012…
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On Two Feet and a Breath
Practice Instructionsinstructions on returning to mindful awareness throughout the day Pause before opening a door into a meeting, exam or interview… Two Feet – feel your feet on the ground and a breath – be aware through one breath cycle. And continue into the room. A little more present. Download Two Feet and a Breath Practice…
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The Seven Factors of Awakening: Deeping Mindfulness Practice
Roots of Mindfulness 2019
Six talks by Tim Burnett & Robin Boudetteby Tim Burnett & Robin Boudette, October 2019 LECTURES FROM THE FALL 2019 ROOTS OF MINDFULNESS RETREAT In October 2019, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett co-led a 7-day retreat on the Buddhist teachings of the Seven Factors of Awakening with visiting teacher Robin Boudette, PhD. Note that talk notes, when included, […]
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Wise Neutrality
Article by Tim Burnett
August 2019I recently ran across this quotation from James Baldwin: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing is changed until it is faced.” Mindfulness and compassion training help us with this practice of “facing” in so many ways. The practices help us be aware there’s something there to be faced in the first…
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Training the Mind: Tibetan Mind Training for a Modern World
Roots of Compassion 2019
Four talks by Tim Burnettby Tim Burnett, August 2019 THE BUDDHIST ROOTS OF MINDFULNESS 2019 In August 2019, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett co-led a 5-day retreat on the Buddhist teachings of lojong, or mind training, which support the development of compassion. Note that this continues an earlier exploration from 2017: 2017 – Mind Training […]
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Stress: Gateway to a More Meaningful Life
Article by Catherine Duffy
February 2019Stress. We all deal with it on many levels and in many forms every day. Whether in our homes, at work, with family members or partners, sometimes it feels as though stress follows us around like an ironclad shadow. I had always heard that stress is bad for the human body, increases both our blood…
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How the Practice of Dedication Informs Mindfulness
Spring Weekend Retreat 2019
Two talks by Tim Burnettby Tim Burnett, March 2019 BUDDHIST ROOTS OF MINDFULNESS WEEKEND RETREAT, 2019 In March 2019, Mindfulness Northwest director and leader teacher Tim Burnett led a weekend retreat and gave two talks focused on the idea of dedication. Talk 1 (Saturday) Dedication – Spring 2019 Weekend Saturday, March 30, 2019 To dedicate, says the dictionary, is […]
