Buddhism
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-01-29 | Author:Thich Nhat Hanh

A wave on the ocean has a beginning and an end, a birth and a death. But Avalokitesvara tells us that the wave is empty. The wave is full of ...
( Category: Sacred Writings March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-07-25 | Author:Bhikkhu Bodhi

5. THE HIGHER STAGES OF TRAINING WITH SIMILES 12. “Here, monks, a monk resorts to a secluded resting place: the forest, the root of a tree, a mountain, a ravine, ...
( Category: World Literature March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-03-01 | Author:Stephen Batchelor

In other words, Nanavira was convinced that he had become a “stream entrant” and thereby become “independent of the opinions of others regarding the Buddha’s teaching.” He believed that he ...
( Category: Religious March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2007-12-20 | Author:Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

20. The ignorant cherish the idea of rest and unrest, The enlightened have no likes and dislikes: All forms of dualism Are contrived by the ignorant themselves. They are like ...
( Category: Zen Spirituality March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-05-16 | Author:Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

In ancient India there was a kind of austerity known in Sanskrit as tapasya, and we can see this at work in many other spiritual traditions. Tapasya often took the ...
( Category: Buddhism March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-01-31 | Author:Jan Chozen Bays, MD

DEEPER LESSONS “Looking” is not equivalent to actually seeing. To see something requires not only vision, but attention. The gorilla in the basketball game is not seen because we have ...
( Category: Spiritual March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2010-09-14 | Author:Chodron| Pema

8 UNCOVERING NATURAL OPENNESS Nothing is static and permanent. And that includes you and me. We know this about cars and carpets, new shirts and DVD players, but are less ...
( Category: Buddhism March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2010-03-09 | Author:Thich Nhat Hanh; Lilian Cheung

The Bottom Line Mindful eating is a way to incorporate mindfulness into one of the most fundamental activities of our existence. It is a way to nourish our bodies and ...
( Category: Other Diets March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 1994-01-15 | Author:Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Lake Meditation The mountain image is only one of many that you may find supports your practice and makes it more vivid and elemental. Images of trees, rivers, clouds, ...
( Category: Meditation March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 1994-01-10 | Author:Jon Kabat-Zinn

TRY: Bringing awareness to walking, wherever you find yourself. Slow it down a bit. Center yourself in your body and in the present moment. Appreciate the fact that you are ...
( Category: Meditation March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2010-07-01 | Author:Rick Hanson

Love and Attachment As the human brain evolved and grew larger, childhood grew longer (Coward 2008). Consequently, hominid bands had to evolve ways to keep their members connected for many ...
( Category: Meditation March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-08-31 | Author:Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

PROBLEM 6: BOREDOM It is difficult to imagine anything more inherently boring than sitting still for an hour with nothing to do but feel the air going in and out ...
( Category: Meditation March 25,2014 )
mobi, azw3, epub |eng | 2009-03-10 | Author:Darren Littlejohn

It’s easy to integrate Buddhism with Step Three if we can equate the recovery principle of surrender with the Buddhist principle and practice of taking refuge. In a sense, they’re ...
( Category: Substance Abuse March 25,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2011-06-01 | Author:Kevin Griffin

God’s Will AFTER I HAD BEEN SOBER A WHILE, I attended the Advanced School for Addiction Studies at Rutgers University. I was one of the few students there who did ...
( Category: Alcoholism March 25,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-05-13 | Author:Jamie Zeppa

It is too late for them to go home after, so they spend the night, sleeping on mats and quilts on the floor, covered with blankets and kiras and towels. ...
( Category: Dalai Lama March 25,2014 )