Vipassana

How to Get Inside My Mind

Mina Samuels | Posted 05.09.2012

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I agree with the general theory that it is a good thing for us to face our fears in some fashion, and that in so doing we strengthen our spirit (and possibly our bodies).

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10 Ways Meditation Can Change Your Life

MeiMei Fox | Posted 05.05.2012

I'm just an ordinary person who couldn't sit still for an hour when she first signed up for a Vipassana retreat yet has benefitted tremendously from the simple and challenging practice.

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Be Inspired: Live Your Life With Awareness

Larry Yang | Posted 04.13.2012

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Mindfulness and meditation are about deeply changing ourselves so that we can be the change that we see needed for the world.

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What Are You Afraid Of?

Rev. Zesho Susan O'Connell | Posted 01.08.2012

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None of us are immune to fear. Indeed, the Buddha taught that, at the base, all beings experience a state of anxiety, fed by our habit of resisting the impermanence of our existence.

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The Life Out Loud: 'America The Angry'

MeiMei Fox | Posted 08.17.2011

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As unemployment, gas and grocery prices are on the rise, so are people's levels of anger, anxiety and frustration.

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The Life Out Loud: Sometimes You Need To Shut Up

MeiMei Fox | Posted 08.03.2011

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Think meditation is only for those "spiritual types"? The kind of people who chant "Hare Krishna" as they dance about in their orange robes? So did I. Until I really tried it, that is.

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Meditation or Medication? Or Both?

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

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A decade ago, having recently begun Buddhist meditation practice, I attended a lecture/Q&A with a Tibetan master at a Buddhist center in Hollywood. Th...

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Meditation and Addiction: A Two-Way Street?

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Not too long ago, I had dinner with a neuroscientist who in addition to being a genius is a dedicated meditator. The way he explained the wonders of n...

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Blending Buddhism And Psychotherapy At Omega NYC 2010

Huffington Post | Clay Chiles | Posted 11.17.2011

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Integrating Buddhist practices with western psychology is vital, Jack Kornfield says, because the latter is traditionally pathology-oriented whereas Buddhism offers a positive, wellness-oriented science of the mind.

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Summer Vacation? 'Nothing' Doing

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Having just attended a silent Vipassana meditation retreat at Spirit Rock in woodsy Woodacre, I can report that sitting still and doing nothing was, in fact, the primary activity on my summer vacation.

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The Four Noble Truths

Noah Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

The Buddha taught that life by its very nature is unsatisfactory, that some level of difficulty exists for all unenlightened beings in creation.

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The Four Noble Truths of the Revolutionary Path to Freedom

Noah Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

The first teachings the Buddha gave after his enlightenment were the four noble truths. This giving of the truths is often referred to as the setting in motion of the wheel of Dharma.

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