Left Brain Resources
Tools for rational study of the dharma

Essays

• An Expansion of Wonder, Reconnections with the Divine in us all
• Maintaining a Practice in a Busy Life
• Up Against a Wall? Sources of Unnecessary Confusion
• How to Turn your Retreat into an Advance
• On Prostrations
• What is the Purpose of Jhana Meditation?
• What Have You, if You Have Not Love?
• Mantra and Movement
• Three Ways of Looking at Paying for Spiritual Teachings
• Summary of the Mahasatipatthana Sutta
• Finding Ease in the Midst of Pain A talk given by Richard Johnson at Snow Lion on Dec 14, 2006
• Finding the Heart of Refuge A talk given by Joyce Allen at Snow Lion on Nov 27, 2006
• Overview of the Five Hindrances and remedies or transformations
• Summary of the Five Faults  These are the obstructions to shamatha in the Tibetan system of calming the mind.

Discussions

• Owning fish: an ethical dilemma

Letters

• Women and Practice
• Balancing "Spiritual" Life with "Ordinary" Life

Other Resources

• Medicine Buddha Links
• Glossary of Terms
• The 10 Unwholesome and Wholesome Actions
• Shrine Guidelines
• The Dish on Tormas
• Magic Tara Pill Recipe