The Metta Sutra offers the Buddha’s teachings on loving kindness. This is one of the fundamental practices for Buddhists in general and me in particular. During my meditation practice, I offer loving kindness blessings first to myself, then to my wife, children and their significant others, then to the people I know who are suffering, […]
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5 Sutras Of Yogi Bhajan
March 3, 2014 by
The 5 Sutras of Yogi Bhajan are wisdom teachings for the Aquarian Age. They are to be released over a period of five years from 2013 to 2017. I believe that they have been released before. As stated in a previous article, Gabrielle Bernstein Awakens Your Authentic Power, Yogi Bhajan was responsible for introducing Kundalini […]
The Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone
Dear Sangha, today is the fifth of April 1998. We are in the Upper Hamlet, in Spring Retreat. Now we have come to the liturgy for Thursday morning. It includes the Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone, and the Sutra on the Forty Verses or Ratnagunasamcaya. The Sutra on Knowing the Better […]
Resources for Correlating the Four Foundations of Mindfulness with the Enneagram
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Mindfulness of Body (Kayanupassana) 1. Identify In-Breath and Out-Breath: Observing the breath as it is. Techniques include mindful breathing and noting inhalations and exhalations. 2. Follow In-Breath and Out-Breath: Techniques involve following the breath and maintaining sustained attention on breathing. 3. Awareness of Body: Recognizing body sensations, breath, and posture. […]
Words of Wisdom for November 13, 2024
November 13, 2024 by
Dear Friends: All things are expessions of emptiness. – fHeart Sutra Read More Mini Mindfulness Breaks Click here to offer what you can for eBooks and Guided Mediations! Anniversary eBook and Guided Meditation Bundle <!
Resources for How to Use Mindfulness to Be Happy
Introduction Compassionate listening and loving speech are the foundations of our sharing practice. As mindfulness deepens awareness of our experience we find new ways to enhance our own well-being. We become able to transform our suffering and find freedom in the present moment. I will try to record all sessions, in case something comes up […]
A Song For All Beings
March 3, 2017 by
Last Saturday night, I attended a performance of A Song For All Beings to a packed house. Composed and produced by Jennifer Berezan and friends, A Song For All Beings is based on the Buddhist practice of metta and the four immeasurable minds or Brahma Viharas (divine abodes) of loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and […]
The Root of All Evil
June 8, 2016 by
Many people think that money is the root of all evil, but the Buddha teaches something totally different in the Mula (or Root) Sutta (Sutra). In this sutra, the Buddha asks, “In what are all phenomena rooted?” and, as in all sutras, he answers his own question. Thanissara (Mary Weinberg), a former nun in the […]
Fourteen Verses on Meditation
May 11, 2016 by
These Fourteen Verses on Meditation were written by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and translated from Vietnamese by ChanCo, Maple Village May 2016. I want to express my gratitude to ChanCo who wrote regarding the translation, In my translation, I have considered that these verses are verses of practice so I have tried to make […]
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