In the Weekly Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das, Dudjom Rimpoche says that “If you do meditate, certainty and conviction will be attained.” I was immediately grabbed by this statement because certainty and conviction came up in my morning meditation yesterday. I was listening to a meditation recording by Kelly Howell called, The Secret to […]
Archives for April 2013
The Many Benefits of Meditation
April 14, 2013 by
This article in the Huffington Post shows scientific evidence of the many benefits of meditation. In fact, the author, Amanda L. Chan, lists twenty reasons why it is good for your mental and physical health. The reasons she lists are It lowers stress — literally (see Guided Meditation for Relieving Stress). It lets us get to […]
Dancing To The Rhythm Of Traffic
April 13, 2013 by
Gabrielle Roth was one of my root teachers of all time. In the video, she is dancing to the rhythm of traffic with her son, Jonathan Horan. It came to me in an email from Jonathan. When I studied and worked with her in the 1970’s, it was a wonderful and heart opening experience. I […]
See The World In A Moment
April 12, 2013 by
Dainin Katagiri Roshi was a Soto Zen Master who died at the young age of 62 in 1990. This quote, “See The World In A Moment,” is from his treatment of time in the Zen tradition in his book, “Each Moment Is the Universe.” Katagiri Roshi was the leader of a sesshin (a Zen retreat […]
Planting The Seeds Of Mindfulness
April 11, 2013 by
Planting the seeds of mindfulness in children of all ages from 2-102 is an expressed wish of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (known as Thay by his followers). For example, he has been teaching pebble meditation for as long as I’ve known him. The video below is a preview of Planting Seeds: The Power of Mindfulness based […]
What Should We Talk About?
April 10, 2013 by
My dharma buddy, Bhikkhu Samahita, sent me an interesting email over the weekend. He basically answered the question, “What should we talk about?” Naturally, he was coming from the point of view of what the Buddha said. Not being one skilled in the art of small talk, I welcomed his words of wisdom. He writes […]
Human Responsibility
April 9, 2013 by
These Weekly Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das tie into what I wrote yesterday about Mindfulness in Health Care. The idea of human responsibility expressed by Václav Havel is equivalent to the concepts of interbeing and interdependence. Mindfulness practices engender a sense of human responsibility. The Buddha, himself, taught rulers of kingdoms in […]
Mindfulness In Health Care
April 8, 2013 by
Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn is now in the process of having top level discussions with political leaders in the UK about mindfulness in health care. Dr. Kabat-Zinn is the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the University of Massachusetts in 1979. The article in The Guardian dated April 7, 2013 by Madeleine Bunting states, …Kabat-Zinn has a […]
The Mindful Art Of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
April 7, 2013 by
When I attended the 2011 retreat in Vancouver, British Columbia, I was treated to the mindful art of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, known as Thay, meaning teacher, by his followers. The retreat was held on the lovely campus of the University of British Columbia (UBC). One of the highlights of the retreat was the Calligraphic Meditation […]
2500 Years Of Social Revolution
April 6, 2013 by
This quote by Roshi Joan Halifax came to me by email in December. This ties in with The Story of the Buddha from earlier this week and reflects on 2500 years of social revolution. Also, I have been listening to a podcast by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in which he talked about how the Buddha […]
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