Dharma Library

Teacher: Noliwe Alexander
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Talks

February 26, 2024 | 1 hr. 39 min.

Non-separation: Interconnection The Elements as US

Noliwe Alexander

Talks

June 19, 2023 | 1 hr. 48 min.

Juneteenth 2023

Noliwe Alexander

This meditation and talk was recorded at Monday Night Meditation and Talk on Monday, June 19, 2023.

Talks

February 14, 2022 | 1 hr. 53 min.

Monday Night Dharma Talk & Meditation

Noliwe Alexander

Talks

December 15, 2021 | 42 min.

Letting Go into Forgiveness with Joy and Gratitude

Noliwe Alexander

The heart-mind is transformed through the practices of forgiveness. Through connecting with our senses and bringing loving awareness to ourselves, we are waking up to our humanness—our mistakes, our fumbling, our grace and beauty, co-existing in the often troubled world. When we lift up a candle in the darkness, holding forgiveness for ourselves, others, and all the worldly conditions, we hold that light with a fierce and tender grip. When we let go into forgiveness, we gather a deep sense of joy and gratitude without turning away, without remorse, seeing everything as a blessing.

Meditations

December 14, 2021 | 18 min.

Cultivating a Compassionate Heart

Noliwe Alexander

Talks

July 3, 2020 | 1 hr.

Where does it Hurt?

Noliwe Alexander

Has the thirst and fire lying within your spirit reached a point of alchemy where they have joined together to search out ways to quench and douse the flames? Have the common threads that pull us closer into our sorrow been woven so tightly, or can they be untied? Has dukkha—suffering—been the precursor and the theme to our stories?

Meditations

March 3, 2020 | 24 min.

Brahmavihāra Instructions

Noliwe Alexander

Meditations

December 8, 2017 | 30 min.

The Courage to Live: The Practice of Forgiveness

Noliwe Alexander

Talks

December 7, 2017 | 46 min.

The Joy of Letting Go into Gratitude

Noliwe Alexander

Whatever we frequently think about and dwell upon becomes the shape of our mind,” the Buddha said. The shape of our mind shapes our world of experience. So what’s in your mind? Do you pay attention? Do you inquire? If our minds are closed, we can’t even see what imprisons us! If our hearts are closed, we can’t even feel the immeasurable joy when it arises. And if we can’t let go into peace, lovingkindness, joy, and forgiveness, we stay holding on to our disappointments and our suffering. But there is another side, there is an opening, when we really understand that forgiveness is the pathway to purification.

Articles

September 1, 2016

Interview: Noliwe Alexander

Noliwe Alexander

I found meditation in the 70s. I dipped my feet into TM but it didn’t quite click for me. Years later I started sitting with a group where I was living in Durango, Colorado, and I felt at that time meditation could potentially change my life.I found the Dharma over 15 years ago. I was interested in looking at my own individual suffering and I was ready for shifts and changes, not just on the surface, but rather deep lifelong shifts.