Tag: meditation

28
Mar
2023

Best Meditation

_ Best Meditation The best meditation does not require emptying of your mind, or filling it with mindfulness of an…

29
Aug
2018

Meditation: Dharmagram #212

  Meditation: Dharmagram #212 Write your meditations upon his meditations.

28
Dec
2017

Thinker: NY Adventure 39

NY Adventure 39: Thinker Always saw Rodin’s Thinker in contrast to the Buddha in a meditative mode. While the Thinker…

21
Apr
2017

Sleeping Meditation?

Don’t mistaken your ‘peaceful’, ‘selfless’ and ‘timeless’ accidental nap during meditative practice as samadhi!

23
Oct
2013

Silence of the Space

When should one let go and when should one hang on? That’s the big question the movie ‘Gravity’ continually posed to…

13
Jun
2012

Scene From Project Rebirth (Run 4)

A scene from Project Rebirth (Run 4), when participants try out basic meditation, after sharing the recommended physical and mental…

01
Nov
2011

Deep Peace Or Deep Sleep

One of the most deluded kind of meditators are those who imagine they were in deep peace, when they were…

18
Oct
2011

Verses for Loving-Kindness Meditation

May I be free from enmity and danger May I be free from mental suffering (e.g. fear, hatred, jealousy) May…

12
Oct
2011

Metta Or Mantra?

Question: Would you say that reciting Om Mani Padme Hung is similar to the practice of metta meditation in that it…

20
Sep
2011

Introduction to Meditation

Here is a wonderful old video of Alan Watts introducing Buddhist meditation. It’s still very relevant. I’ve not read Watts’…

03
Mar
2011

The Mysterious Brown Cloth

Before the retreat began, there was already a mysterious brown cloth placed on each meditation cushion. Many wondered what it…

10
Nov
2010

Is Meditation Dangerous?

From a Facebook discussion, a friend got this reply from his friend when he said he’s going to learn what…

28
Jul
2010

Dharma@Cinema: The ‘Inception’ of Illusion or Reality?

The ingenious film that is ‘Inception’ begins with the assumption that it is possible for multiple persons to enter someone’s…

28
Apr
2010

Where is the Multi-tasking Mind?

Q: Where is the mind? How does it multi-task? A: The mind is where you put it to. E.g. If…

15
Apr
2010

Beyond Small Pleasures

Release from being bound by what you wrongly assume to be true happiness brings even greater happiness. – Stonepeace This…

11
Jan
2010

Who am I?

‘Who am I?’ ‘I’ am nothing but constant change, yet while our mind and matter change, there is always to…

04
Jan
2010

Your Dream is Over… or Has it Just Begun?

This is one of the most soothing songs I’d ever heard, that is gentle while singing of strength. I read…

07
Oct
2009

A Metta Circle

Question: I’m helping to run a meditation group. Are there any ways to help create spiritual friendship within the group?…

01
Oct
2009

Callling the Buddhadharma as It Is

A Dharma friend sent me this Youtube link on meditation. He felt that it’s a very good way to introduce…

31
Jul
2009

Is this Review ‘Enough’?

‘A cheerfully likeable manifesto for lifestyle change.’ – Guardian ‘A liberating and wry take on the treadmill of modern life.’…