In this video, Vishen Lakhiani teaches the envisioning method of daily meditation practice. In the beginning, he talks about the research on the benefits of meditation and its scientific basis. He refers to popular magazines articles, brain research, and brain wave states of mind. His technique is based on The Silva Method. What he says […]
Archives for February 2014
The Dew Is On The Lotus
“The dew is on the lotus!–Rise, Great Sun! And lift my leaf and mix me with the wave. Om Mani Padme Hum, the sunrise comes! The Dewdrop Slips Into The Shining Sea!” -Sir Edwin Arnold, “The Light of Asia” This poem is a classic from Sir Edwin Arnold’s book-length nineteenth century poem about the Buddha’s […]
Mindfulness Of Breathing
With Jim Reilly‘s great video from yesterday, I think you will enjoy receiving these words of wisdom about mindfulness of breathing from Christina Feldman. Christina Feldman has written articles on some of the best Buddhist magazines for many years. I have been reading everyone I come across from her. She’s also been leading insight meditation […]
Breathing – The Video
This video is from my dharma brother Joe Reilly. Joe is a singer, songwriter, and educator. I wish him great success. He is a young member of the Order of Interbeing started by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (known as Thay by his followers) in 1966. I am truly happy to see such wonderful, mindful […]
The Goddess Of Mercy
Robert Aitken Roshi was an American Buddhist pioneer and author of the widely ready book, The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics. Along with The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment by Philip Kapleau and Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi these provided me with my initial readings in […]
The Fertile Soil Of Sangha
These words of wisdom are taught by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (known as Thay by his followers). I have heard Thay teach about the fertile soil of sangha many times. He also teaches that the next Buddha, Maitreya, might well be a sangha. The sangha is one of the three precious jewels of Buddhism. […]
Wholeness And Interconnectedness
These words of wisdom from Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn have a nice ring to them. They convey the importance of the insight of interbeing and a clear and succinct way. Wholeness And Interconnectedness Perhaps ultimately, spiritual simply means experiencing wholeness and interconnectedness directly, a seeing that individuality and the totality are interwoven, that nothing is separate […]
The Depths of Who You Are
Do you ever wonder where your life is going? Most of us do – a lot of us tend to wonder where is our life going – who are we really. To answer that you must first have deep sense of knowing as to what life really is – and whether you choose to believe death on […]
One Of My Pet Peeves
I received this information from the Silva Live System and it taps into one of my pet peeves – the pharmaceutical industry. I hate what they have done to medical choice, and unfortunately, I have to rely on some of their misgivings right now. The drug companies place such awful ads on television that I […]
The Bodhisattva’s Edge
These words of wisdom are from the former grand abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, Myogen Steve Stucky. He passed away on December 31, 2013, a little over three months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. On December 27, Steve offered the following Death Poem. which appeared on his website, Subtle Eye: Many Zen […]
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