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3 MP3s recorded for the Milwaukee Teaching Visit on Practical Peace
Broadcast From Lotus Lake for participants in Milwaukee, WI
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Across traditions and cultures, the call for peace continues to grow stronger. From Buddhist monks walking from Texas to Washington, D.C., to countless other expressions of care and concern, there is a widening recognition that peace is urgently needed. In this three-part teaching series, suitable for both new and long-time meditators, Rinpoche invites reflection on how peace can be understood and cultivated in daily life — our relationships, in moments of rest, and within the heart itself.
- 4-10-2026 Peaceful Relationships
- Rinpoche began by discussing the monks walk. She then begins the discussion with 1. What do you invison as a peaceful relationships? What elements need to be present to have a peaceful relationship? 2. what element need to be absent? 3. Why do we seek relationship? 4. What to do including resisting influences that break relationships like politics, set aside ego agenda, treat others as an individual evolving person, allow it to be as it is. She then describes Peaceful Buddhist relationships, and advice from HHDL
- 4-11-2026 Peaceful Sleep
- Rinpoche begins with discussion of Monk walk and a brief summary of yesterday’s teaching on peaceful relationships. She begins her discussion on sleep and asks What environment is good for sleep? How do we deal with stress to improve sleep?
She discusses the stages of sleep, techniques to help us sleep, Buddhist view of sleep and advice from HHDL. She ends with a technique for reviewing our day for letting go.
- Rinpoche begins with discussion of Monk walk and a brief summary of yesterday’s teaching on peaceful relationships. She begins her discussion on sleep and asks What environment is good for sleep? How do we deal with stress to improve sleep?
- 4-12-2026 Peace in the Heart
- Rinpoche begins with a core is establish a state of mind called peace in the heart. She discusses the ability to concentrate as a relaxed enjoyment flow state. We develop an ability to have natural concentration by involving level of interest. She discusses the delusions, and we show the use of energy in alivement of delusions. It doesn’t belong there in lower mind. Delusions make me feel unhappy and steal my peace. We must return that energy to higher functioning mind. She discusses regular folks and how they practice peace, and the glow of being a good person. Peace is an active choice to maintain a loving and kind heart. Rinpoche asks “How does a sense of satisfaction and quiet enjoyment of life, help or harm spiritual development?” She discusses 3 pillars of Buddhism. In the context of peace, what form of equanimity would be emphasized? She ends with the Theravaden view of peace and we chanted some blessings and the loving kindness sutra.
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