Reflections on Bodhicitta “When you don’t have any solid self that you need to maintain and all your energy is used to fulfill others’ happiness -- that kind of attitude is called bodhicitta", notes teacher Tsonknyi Rinpoche. In cultivating bodhicitta, or “awakening heart/mind”, our task is simply to get out of our own way and let our natural state of wisdom and compassion express itself.... December 10, 2018By Jennifer Jordan family, teachings
Help us nurture compassionate awakening We hope that as you reflect on how IMCW has influenced you to live mindfully and with love, you will offer support to IMCW to continue its work. With your donation, we can continue to offer these teachings and practices as a way to transform fear, hatred, and delusion into awakened, loving presence.... November 27, 2018By Tara Brach announcement
Film: Animals and the Buddha Please join us for a screening of the film “Animals and the Buddha”, directed by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Keegan Kuhn (“Cowspiracy”, “What the Health”), to raise awareness and encourage deeper reflection on how extending compassion to all animals, particularly the animals we might typically forget about, is consistent with the Buddhist path.... November 9, 2018By Editor announcement
Special series with Tara Brach: Rewiring for Happiness and Freedom I & II The Buddha said “I would not be teaching this (a path of awakening) if genuine happiness and freedom were not possible.” While this is our potential, we each have deep conditioning to get stuck in feelings of fear, deficiency and separation from others. These talks explore... September 24, 2018By Tara Brach announcement
Meditations for Compassion, Wisdom & Ethics in the U.S. This event is to provide an opportunity for people to gather together on the Ellipse, beside the White House, to meditate in an effort to bring greater mindfulness, compassion, wisdom and an ethics of loving-kindness into the public discourse and into the energetic exchange of our democracy. September 17, 2018By Editor announcement