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Buddha And Meditation
Siddhartha Gautama grew up to become the person known as Buddha and forever changed the world with his teachings.
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Buddhist Meditation and the Practice of Shamatha
Thich Nhat Hanh believes that meditation must include shamatha - stopping, calming, and resting - for individuals, communities, and nations to achieve a state of healing.
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My Bed of Nails
Buddhism as a tool for relieving depression.
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Neuroscientific Studies of Buddhist Meditation
This study of meditation exemplifies a case of science and religion working together, in a positive relationship, to deepen the understanding of the mind.
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The Blue Buddha of Spiritual Healing
This powerful Buddha, Bhaisajyaguru (Medicine Buddha), fittingly exemplifies the Buddhist philosophical creed of mind over matter and finds a revered place in most homes.
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Beginner Guided Meditation Techniques Books
Want to learn how to meditate? Discover six different authors of spiritual books that provide guided meditation techniques appropriate for those beginning meditation.
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Biggest Buddhist Stupa in the West
Buddhist stupas are spiritual monuments built to bring peace and harmony. Find out about the largest Tibetan Buddhist stupa in the western world, situated in Benalmadena
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Chogyam Trungpa and the Hard Road
Almost 40 years ago, the revered Buddhist master presented a tough, uncompromising path to enlightenment. Is his approach still relevant?
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How Meditation can Make You a Kinder Person
Meditation works by training the mind and the Buddhist metta meditation is the practice of developing kindness toward others.
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Basic Concepts of Buddhism
The Buddha's four realisations led to the formulation of an eightfold path, a 'middle way' that leads from suffering and rebirth to nirvana.
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Buddhist Walking Meditation
Sitting meditation is a challenge for many people, who feel restless and uncomfortable. Walking meditation is an alternative approach to this form of spiritual practice.
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Meditation Changes the Brain
Neuroscientist Richard Davidson found that meditation has a profound and permanent impact on the brain, improving its capacities for awareness and happiness.
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The Power of Positive Thinking
Scientists have found that practicing Buddhist meditation can change the physical structure of the brain, increasing gamma brain waves and permanently altering awareness.
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Is Buddhism A Religion?
It is often argued that Buddhism is not a religion at all but a philosophy, a set of ethics or even an applied psychology.
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Chaos Magic for the Clueless
Chaos magic is hot in today's occult scene, and here's a handy guide on how to integrate it into your spiritual life no matter what your faith or path.
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Film Review: Zen
Made by the award-winning Japanese director, Banmei Takahashi. Dogen is played by an established Kabuki actor, Kantaro Nakamura, who successfully portrays the translucen
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Health Benefits of Yoga Meditation
All the latest research is showing meditation as more than an antidote to stress. There is now evidence of its contribution to good health and a long life.
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How Meditation Changes Brain Function
Neuroscientists like Richard Davidson have found that regular meditation can fundamentally alter the way the brain functions.
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The Pursuit of Happiness
If the secret of happiness is inner harmony, why should safer communities and "feeding the world" matter?
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Celebrity Buddhists
In the past decade, it seems in the Western World (America especially!) Buddhism has really been claimed by many people.
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Learn How to Meditate - Meditation for Beginners
Anyone can experience the benefits of meditation by trying one or more of the meditation techniques briefly described. Learn more by reading a suggested meditation book.
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a program for stress reduction, relaxation and treatment of chronic diseases.
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Reclaiming W/holy Ignorance
In light of interfaith problems worldwide, what is required is not an abandonment of religious principles, but an embracing of them as a step toward interfaith solutions.
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Seeking Innovation From Tradition
Many theorists believe that inspiration in the arts and sciences is the product of creative learning and the environment.
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Taoism vs. Buddhism and Shinto
Understanding Buddhism and Shinto is important for Taoists, because many people across Asia practice Shinto, Taoism and Buddhism side by side.
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Understanding Mysticism
Mysticism is the attempt to experience God or enlightenment. Modern scholarship has developed several approaches to understand just what these experiences might be.
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A Beginner's Guide to Meditation
Meditation doesn't mean finding a Yogi. It can be done in five-minute increments every day. By practicing meditation in increments every day; most will find peace.
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Kerouac Revisited
A look back at the significance and the theory of Jack Kerouac's Spontaneous Prose
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BETTER IN BANGKOK: DAY THREE: Part 4 of 4
Bangkok ethnic areas, shopping, and eating out.
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Nature's heart of loving-kindness
Enhance your practice of meditation by visualizing a cherished place close to nature.
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The Woman In Me
My fight with feminism, motherhood and my inner self
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You Are What You Eat - And Sleep and Drink and Exercise ....
The choices you make in lifestyle can be as crucial, if not more so, than the medications you take.
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Medicine Buddha
The Dalai Lama will give teachings in San Jose this May. He will give the Medicine Buddha empowerment May 20th. This article gives some background information on Medicine Buddha and describes personal experience visiting a Tibetan doctor.
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The Runners' Ego
This week's article will conclude last week's contemplations on running, truth, eternity, perfection and landscape.
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Meditations with Food
Relax and enjoy eating with three simple exercises to practice mindfulness and really tasting one's food.
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