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The Eightfold Path: Right Concentration

Posted on by Marilyn Harper
Right Concentration
10
Jul

I am practicing right concentration because it is part of the eighth of the Eightfold path according to the Buddhist tradition. Right concentration. What is that? Focus. Right concentration is being able to hold the focus in an uncluttered mind. More importantly, Right concentration is being able to hold that intention without allowing the state of […]

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Eightfold Path of Buddhism: Right Mindfulness

Posted on by Marilyn Harper
03
Jul

Week seven of the eightfold path according to the Buddhist tradition. You know, we are having a retreat in Thailand, and so I have really been thinking about what it means to awaken the Buddha within, which brought me to a class that I taught years ago on the four noble truths and the eightfold […]

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The Eightfold Path of Buddhism: Right Action

Posted on by Marilyn Harper
Right Action
12
Jun

Well here we are still exploring the Eightfold Path according to the Buddhist tradition. If you are just joining us this week, then I am not a Buddhist, although I do practice some of the Buddhist practices. Adironnda & Company is not Buddhist…not Buddhists, that is a plural. But the Buddha is on our council, and […]

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Eightfold Path of Buddhism: Right Speech

Posted on by Marilyn Harper
Right Speech
05
Jun

We are continuing with our series of the Eightfold Path according to the Buddhist tradition, in celebration of our Thailand retreat and our Visionaries in Light Convergence. Not that either one is really for only Buddhists, but the Buddhists on our council and in my meditation, I was to share some of their teachings since […]

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Eightfold Path of Buddhism: Right Effort

Posted on by Marilyn Harper
23
May

We are on number six of the Eightfold Path, and number six is Right Effort. This is according to the Buddhist tradition, and the world according to Marilyn Harper, and Adironnda and company. Right Effort, what does that mean? That we have to make an effort in a specific way? You know, what it means […]

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Eightfold Path of Buddhism: Right View or Right Understanding

Posted on by Marilyn Harper
right view
22
May

I have just been thinking about our Visionaries in Light Convergence and the theme of the infinite possibilities of peace, and our trip to Thailand for Awakening the Buddha Within. I have really been looking into the four noble truths, and the Eightfold Path, and what exactly peace means. I am going to attempt to […]

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