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Phillip Moffitt
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Phillip Moffitt is the founder and president of the Life Balance Institute, a non-profit organization devoted to the study and practice of spiritual values in daily life. Currently he teaches vipassana meditation at retreat centers around the United States and holds a weekly meditation class in Marin County, California.

In addition, he offers a program on sustaining leadership for executives in the profit and non-profit sectors and teaches programs for the public on changes and transitions.

Phillip was the editor-in-chief and chief executive officer of Esquire magazine from 1979-1986. He is an award winning essayist and writes the "Dharma Wisdom" column for Yoga Journal. In 1990 he co-authored The Power To Heal and in 1992 he co-authored Medicine's Great Journey: One Hundred Years of Healing. His background includes a black belt in aikido, certification as a somatic educator and 30 years of practice and teaching of hatha yoga.

Blog Entries by Phillip Moffitt

Living Skillfully: Knowing the Two Kinds of Desire

1 Comments | Posted October 9, 2008 | 06:18 PM (EST)

People often mistakenly believe Buddhism is nihilistic or anti-life because they have the misconception that the Buddha taught that desire is bad. Certainly, the Buddha instructed that the arising of desire is a critical link in the chain of mental events that leads to suffering, but he also made clear...

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How Suffering Got A Bad Name

Posted June 6, 2008 | 09:04 AM (EST)

In my role as a Buddhist meditation teacher, I've observed a phenomenon that I call the "stigma of suffering syndrome" among many beginning students. They are uneasy with the fact that their lives contain suffering; therefore, they are ineffective in coping with whatever difficulties and disappointments arise. For such individuals...

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