In this article, I am going to review Dr. Philippe Goldin‘s Google Talk from March 1, 2008. I have already posted the video as Meditation Practices: How Do They Affect The Brain? My purpose in this article is to extract one of the slides from the video and expand on it from the point of view […]
What Is The Difference Between Ill-being And Well-being?
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (affectionately known as Thay to his followers) talks about the four noble truths of the Buddha in a way that is easy to understand. He uses the concepts of ill-being and well-being. What is the difference between ill-being and well-being? He teaches that the first noble truth is the fact of […]
Happy Mother’s Day
This post is dedicated to the Mothers of all Buddhas! Can you decode the meaning of the picture? Click one of the buttons below to share with your mother!
Acceptance, Joy, Peace And Love
Dear Friends: This post is the 500th post on Meditation Practices For Healing and Well-Being! Thank your for your continued support. Jerome This week’s Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das were spoken by my teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Thay, as he is affectionately called by his followers, is constantly talking about being […]
Don’t Despair – Take Action
The response to Peter Cutler’s article about the bombings in Boston repeated in All You Need Is Love have sparked another very interesting set of comments from other OI members. In particular, Mitchell Ratner, posted an article on the website of the Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center in Washington, D. C. His article, Despair Is the […]
Human Responsibility
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 […]
2500 Years Of Social Revolution
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 […]
The Five Illusions
Jeddah Mali is a spiritual teacher with roots in various forms of Buddhism. In this video, she teaches on fear, one of the five illusions. Before today, I had not even seen her name. Yet, this short video tells a lot about where she is coming from. One of the most interesting things she said […]
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