This is the international home page of the organizations which offer courses in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka and his ...

Meditation: a practical guide. Includes RealAudio guided meditations and personal meditation coaching online.

Lama Surya Das, a highly-trained Lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition brings Buddhism to the West with his teachings of Natural Great Perfection.

RIGPA is a Tibetan word which means the innermost nature of the mind. Sogyal Rinpoche gave the name Rigpa to his work and to the vehicle he was developing to serve the Buddha s teaching in the west. Now an international network with centers and groups in eleven countries around the world, Rigpa seeks: To make the teachings of Buddha available to benefit as many people as possible, and To ...

Official Website of Vipassana Research Institute, Igatpuri, India. Vipassana meditation technique as taught by S.N. Goenka ...

There is a common notion, albeit misconceived and materialistic, at best short-sighted, that Buddhism provides some kind of panacea for ills ranging from sickness, bad academic performance, poor business, to failing love affairs. Buddhism may well be able to provide such a panacea, a cure all. But this is like settling for silver when one could get gold, or in more traditional terms, like a ...

Our endeavor is to add to the depth and scope of awareness meditation practice, so that it may always be vital and fresh, encompassing the fullest range of human meditation experience. Here you will find detailed accounts of the meditation sittings of others. It is our hope that by reading these experiences, you can begin to notice and understand occurrences in your sittings which ...

Loving-kindness / Audio Instruction Audio CD Cultivation / Loving-kindness Loving-kindness for Kids The Four Sublime States Brahmavihara Dhamma ...

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BuddhaSasana Home Page English Section Mindfulness In Plain English By Ven. Henepola Gunaratana Preface, Introduction, Chapters 1- 4 About The Author Preface Introduction Chapter 1 (Meditation: Why Should I Bother ) Chapter 2 (What Meditation Isn't) Chapter 3 (What Meditation Is) Chapter 4 (Attitude) Chapters 5 & 6 Chapter 5 (The Practice) Chapter 6: What To Do With Your Body General Rules ...

Meditation Handbook A student helping student project Meditation is inner astronomy. You discover the stars, the moon, and the sun are all inside you. What is Meditation Most dictionaries define the Western (Jewish, Christian, Islamic) meaning of the word 'meditation, ' but usually do not describe the Eastern (Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist) concept of meditation. The most appropriate dictionary ...

Dzogchen The Importance of Sem-de in the Aro gTer by Khandro Dechen Tsedrup Rolpa'i Yeshe Of the nine vehicles of the Nyingma tradition the most important, with regard to the Aro gTer, is Dzogchen - ati-yoga yana or shintu-naljor thegpa. This vehicle has three series of teachings, comprising of Dzogchen sem-de, Dzogchen long-de and Dzogchen men-ngak-de. The sem-de and long-de series came into ...

The Basics of Buddhist Meditation Dr. C. George Boeree Shippensburg University Buddhism began by encouraging its practitioners to engage in smrti (sati) or mindfulness, that is, developing a full consciousness of all about you and within you -- whether seated in a special posture, or simply going about one s life. This is the kind of meditation that Buddha himself engaged in under the bodhi ...

The Fundamentals Of Meditation By Phra Acharn Plien Panyapatipo Wat Aranyawiwake, Mae Taeng District Chiang Mai, Thailand 1999 Translate from the Thai language by Assoc. Professor Dr. Chalerm-srie Jan-orn Translator s Note. This book is concerned with Buddhist meditation and specifically the practice of samadhi. Samadhi is the Pali language term for concentration and establishing or fixing the ...

By Carlos Warter, M.D., Ph.D. This Buddhist technique of self-observation is especially effective in helping to free the unconscious mind from habitual reference points, story lines, and automatic responses. It provides a haven of peace and space, both mentally and physically. ...

Spiritual writings | community | gallery Home | Writings | Relationships | Stephen Levine | Gradual part 1 | next Excerpted from A Gradual Awakening by Stephen Levine. Copyright 1979 by Stephen Levine. Excerpted by permission of Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the ...

Buddhasasana Home Page English Section Computer Studies in Buddhism - Meditation (Copyright) Vipassana Meditation Course: Series of Eight Talks By Venerable Sayadaw U Janaka Burmese Meditation Master Patron of the Buddha Dhamma Meditation Association Sydney. AUSTRALIA Talks are an essential part of any meditation course, being both instructional and inspirational. The meditation teacher will ...