The Buddha taught that when our understanding of impermanence is direct and non-conceptual, it is liberating. By directly opening to the radical impermanence of all experience, including the truth of…
…love fully. These two talks explore the blessings of wisdom, love and freedom that naturally arise as, instead of resisting, we learn to open directly to the insecurity of impermanence….
…learn to open directly to the insecurity of impermanence. You will eventually lose everyone you love, but in the end, the love will always return in new forms. ~ Kafka…
…directly to the insecurity of impermanence. Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. Rainer Maria Rilke – Book of Hours, I 59…
The more we wall off the flow of impermanence, the more we suffer. The most basic way to open ourselves to it is by waking up out of thoughts and…
…impermanence. (a favorite from the archives) This Cup Is Already Broken: “You see this goblet?” asks Ajahn Chah, Thai meditation master. “I love this glass. It holds the water admirably….
Only by opening our hearts to change and loss can we live and love fully. Yet much of our life is organized around finding ground– avoiding the insecurity of change,…
Aging, sickness and dying are treated as something “bad” to be fought. Truly opening to the reality that every body in the universe continually changes can awaken us to the…
…shift from reacting to meeting impermanence with an allowing presence, and then responding to our circumstances with wisdom and compassion. Find more resources on change, impermanence, grief and loss at:…
…annicha (impermanence) and annata (selflessness or emptiness). In the first of this three week series of talks, we explore the meaning of dukkha, how we directly recognize the varied expressions…
The way that we relate to impermanence and loss shapes our capacity to live and love fully. This talk, drawing on Mary Oliver’s poem “In Blackwater Woods,” explores three elements…
We are deeply conditioned to respond to impermanence and inevitable loss by trying to control our experience. Our egoic reactivity prevents us from responding wisely to our life, and living…
When we attune to the reality of impermanence and death, we remember what most matters to us. But in daily life we can lose precious swaths of time in a…
When we attune to the reality of impermanence and death, we remember what most matters to us. But in daily life we can lose precious swaths of time in a…
…midst. In a very direct way, our awareness of impermanence awakens unconditional loving. These two talks explore the ways we habitually deny or resist reality, and the three interrelated pathways—refuge…
CC ~ Our capacity to live and love fully is entirely related to how we open to the truth of impermanence. This talk examines how our ways of trying to…
…change. Enjoy some short Tara Talks clips from this talk here: Tara Talks: Impermanence of the Body (5:54 min.) Tara Talks: Reflection: Installing a Beneficial Mind-State (6:53 min.) Tara Talks:…
Opening to impermanence reveals who we are beyond these changing forms. In this short video, you’ll find a moving example of how bringing full presence to our deepest losses connects…
…– only by opening to “things as they are” do we find true peace and freedom. This talk explores impermanence – a key feature of reality. We look at our…
…intention when caught in conflict, and in a larger way, allow the truth of impermanence to carry you into the very source of longing – loving awareness itself. NOTE: from…
