The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's weekly science show, Quirks and Quarks, did a segment this week on the positive medical science associated with insight meditation. The coverage consists of an interview with Dr. Judson Brewer, of the Yale Therapeutic Neural Science Centre, speaking about his recent research study.
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Craving for Sense Pleasure always causes Suffering! The Blessed Buddha once said: Truly, due to craving for sense pleasure, conditioned by sensuous craving, compelled by craving for sense pleasure, entirely pushed by craving for sense pleasure, does kings fight with kings, princes fight with princes, priests with priests, citizens with citizens; mother quarrels with son, son with mother; father with son, son with father; brother with brother, brother with sister, sister with brother, a good friend fights even with his best friend. Thus, lost in conflict, quarrelling, and hostilities, they attack one another with fists, sticks, or weapons. And thereby they suffer death or deadly pain. And further, due to this craving for sense pleasure, people break into houses, rob, plunder, pillage whole villages, commit highway robbery, and hot-headed seduce the wives of others. Then the rulers have such people caught and inflict on them various forms of punishment. And thereby they mee...
The relationship between the mind and the body is a fundamental part of Dharma practice. As Anyen Rinpoche , founder of the Orgyen Khamdroling Dharma Center, explains, reflecting on the mind-body connection through mindfulness and self-discernment can help ground you and reconnect you in your own practice — which we all can use from time to time. Click here to read "Examining the Body-Mind Connection Through Mindful Self-Reflection," an excerpt from his book Momentary Buddhahood . Anyen Rinpoche, along with John Tarrant and Polly Young-Eisendrath, will be leading " Getting Off the Emotional Rollercoaster ," a weekend program — coming soon, from July 19 to 21 — co-presented by the Shambhala Sun Foundation at Omega Institute this summer. The program will be held at Omega's Rhinebeck, NY, campus and will explore emotions and how to work with them in everyday life. During the weekend, participants will learn to cultivate a sense of calm and spaciousness, make ...
A bizarre twist of events in Kathmandu led Jessica O'Neill into a meditation class – the place she was most scared to be. I arrived at the yoga studio at 9:10 that morning. The class wasn't due to start until 9:30, so I was a little bit surprised to see a small clutch of people waiting outside the studio door. "Pfft. Eager!" I thought, a brief moment of irritation flickering in my mind. This was my first yoga class in months, and I was eager to stretch and sweat. I had, admittedly, been a pretty epic slacker in regards to my spiritual practice lately. In November and December I spent six weeks at Kopan Monastery and during this time I was immersed in Dharma, convinced that I would never, ever EVER let myself fall off of the meditation wagon again. After all, I would be living in Kathmandu, a city so steeped in Meditation that I couldn't possibly abandon my practice… This, it would seem, was overly optimistic. The yoga class was described online as a ...
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