Dear Friends, As mentioned earlier, right intention includes the intention for non-cruelty, and to aid this intention, we can cultivate compassion. Compassion also guides our actions in this world. Here is a beautiful meditation from Jack Kornfield, which I find helps my heart open to compassion for others. Heart Wisdom – Ep 125 – ‘Just Like Me’ Guided… Read More »
Dear Friends, Right intention includes abandoning ill-will and cultivating goodwill (metta, also known as loving kindness). There are many ways to practice metta. You may be familiar with using phrases directed toward a benefactor, self, friend, neutral person, difficult person, and all beings. (See this post from 2021 for a discussion on this practice.) There’s also a practice… Read More »
Dear Friends, Kim Allen did a series of talks in August 2022 on the topic of desire and letting go, which relates well to this exploration on the right intention of renunciation. One of the meditations from that week was Guided Meditation: Simplicity (30 minutes), which you can find here:https://www.audiodharma.org/talks/16856 Or if you have a favorite mediation on… Read More »
Dear Friends, On the theme of the right intention of renunciation, Phillip Moffitt says, “the ultimate purpose of skillful renunciation practices is to help you regain a connection to the sacred.” He provides some examples of what to practice. Here is a brief snippet of the each of the three renunciations he mentions, with a link to the… Read More »
Dear Friends, The second path factor is right (or wise) intention, sometimes translated as wise thought, resolve, or Gil uses the word consideration. It is the bridge between our views and how we act in the world. Right intention has three parts, to counter the three kinds of wrong intention. (See MN 19 Two Kinds of Thought) We’ll… Read More »
