Caroline Jones, a member of the Gaia House Teacher Council, has been practicing meditation for 25 years and teaching since 2009. In teaching, she encourages students to discover and deepen ways of engaging with the Dharma to bring healing and liberation.
The Buddha's teachings point us to the kinds of happiness that are not dependent on having things go our way, and so are, from that perspective, very strange.
Learning to recognise,accept, investigate and dis-identify from afflictive emotions cultivates wisdom and compassion and increases our capacity for joy.
This talk is about how we listen to the Dharma teachings. What is conditioning our listening? Do we listen in ways that genuinely support our practce of awakening?
This talk explores what is meant by ignorance (avijja) in the Buddha's teachings and suggests some ways of recognising and undermining its presence and activity in our life.
This talk explores ways of practicing speech that are true, useful and timely. By learning to speak and listen with mindfulness, kindness, restraint and honesty, we deepen our understanding of how to bring more happiness and less suffering into the world.
