Ep. 174 - Within Our Jurisdiction Understanding the First Noble Truth with JoAnna Hardy

Reflecting on the inevitable truth of suffering, JoAnna Hardy explains what we do have jurisdiction over: our action, speech and mind. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, JoAnna Hardy explains: Recognizing the first noble truth of suffering all around us Breaking down what we cannot control in life How resistance toward the inevitable causes suffering Reflecting on our ability to control our internal world (priorities, attitudes, etc.) How our speech and actions are in our jurisdiction Cultivating a wise, steady, and skillful heart and mind The mind as our sixth sense The way we latch on to the stories we tell ourselves How one mind-state can feed into another Retraining the phenomena of our habits The relief we can feel when we let go of what we cannot control About JoAnna Hardy: JoAnna Hardy is an insight meditation (Vipassanā) practitioner and teacher; she is on faculty at the University of Southern California, a meditation trainer at Apple Fitness+, a founding member of the Meditation Coalition, a teacher’s council member at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, a visiting retreat teacher at Insight Meditation Society, and a collaborator on many online meditation Apps and programs. Her greatest passion is to teach meditation in communities that are dedicated to seeing the truth of how racism, gender inequality and oppression go hand in hand with the compassionate action teachings in Buddhism and related perspectives to social and racial justice. This recording was originally published on Dharmaseed.org “When we sit here and deeply pay attention to this process of the mind, it’s so fascinating. What is under my control, what can I control? Pay attention every time you have a mind moment to what you do with it and to it, and how you hold it, and what you decide your next mind moment is going to be.” – JoAnna Hardy