Beginner's MindA beginner's guide to core Buddhist teachings, paired with an ongoing personal journal of learning to practice.https://beginners-mind.pages.dev/Building This Pagehttps://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/building-this-page/https://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/building-this-page/Writing all of this down publicly is its own small exercise in non-self — letting go of the version of me that wants to look like an expert.Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTOn Losing Interest, and Coming Backhttps://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/on-losing-interest-and-coming-back/https://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/on-losing-interest-and-coming-back/Almost two months off, and what coming back without shame taught me.Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTSitting With Griefhttps://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/sitting-with-grief/https://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/sitting-with-grief/Practice didn't remove the loss. It gave me somewhere steady to put it down for ten minutes at a time.Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTWhat the Eightfold Path Isn'thttps://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/what-the-eightfold-path-isnt/https://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/what-the-eightfold-path-isnt/I'd been treating it like a checklist you finish. It isn't.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTWhat I Got Wrong About Karmahttps://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/what-i-got-wrong-about-karma/https://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/what-i-got-wrong-about-karma/It took a year of practice to stop treating karma like cosmic bookkeeping.Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTThe First Retreathttps://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/the-first-retreat/https://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/the-first-retreat/A weekend of silence, two unexplained cries, and a lighter walk home.Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTBeginner's Mind, Explainedhttps://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/beginners-mind-explained/https://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/beginners-mind-explained/Why the name of this whole site is also the hardest habit to keep.Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTWeek One: Learning to Sithttps://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/week-one-learning-to-sit/https://beginners-mind.pages.dev/journal/week-one-learning-to-sit/Five minutes felt like an hour, and I kept a timer visible the whole time.Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT