Diligence and meditation go hand in hand. They are the fourth and the fifth of the six Paramitas - techniques and mental actions that we can use to help ourselves cross over from the shore of negative mind states to the shore of happiness and peace.

A few years ago, we went to Boise, Idaho for a conference and heard the author James Clear speak. He was talking about building new habits and about making incremental 1% changes each day. He says: “The way to becoming something is by doing that [some] thing.”

We are so delighted that many of you have found the 6Rs to be a breakthrough in your practice. But there were also some questions that arose about the 6Rs.

Watch the video recording of meditation and talk on the big picture view of the Noble Eighfold Path that the Buddha Outlines as important for the attainment of enlightenment (not just mindfulness and meditation). This is our effort the contextualize mindfulness and meditation within the larger framework of the Buddha’s teaching on freedom from suffering.