Monday 21 December 2015

The Twelve Principles of Buddhism

http://chippit.tripod.com/buddhist_principles.html

The Twelve Principles of Buddhism

Drafted by Christmas Humphreys, The Buddhist Society, London, in 1945

UCTV: How Your Brain Can Turn Anxiety into Calmness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYJdekjiAog&feature=player_embedded

How Your Brain Can Turn Anxiety into Calmness


Uploaded on Mar 12, 2010
Physician, author, speaker, researcher, and consultant Martin L. Rossman, MD, discusses how to use the power of the healing mind to reduce stress and anxiety, relieve pain, change lifestyle habits, and live with more wellness. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [3/2010] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17631]

Guided imagery exercise in the last 20 mins


Beginners introduction to Zazen

Beginners introduction to Zazen


http://meditationseeds.com/beginners-introduction-to-zazen/


The Hero's Journey

The Hero's Journey


http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/458496650/the-heros-journey

From the Odyssey, to Robinson Crusoe, to Star Wars — why are we drawn to stories about heroes? And what do they tell us about ourselves? This hour, TED speakers explore what makes a hero's journey.

Friday 18 December 2015

Mandala e Yantra

http://zenvadoligure.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/mandala-e-yantra.html

Mandala e Yantra

Quel grande studioso dell’Oriente che fu Giuseppe Tucci (1894-1984) scrisse in un suo libro del 1949: “Gli Indiani non hanno concepito la vita come una lotta fra il bene ed il male, la virtù e il peccato, ma come opposizione fra [..la] coscienza luminosa ed il suo contrario, la psiche e il subconscio che essi chiamano maya[1].

Sunday 13 December 2015

Bristol University : Death and Dying in Buddhism

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/religion/buddhist-centre/projects/bdr/chaplains/

Bristol University : Death and Dying in Buddhism


The Understanding Buddhist Death Project has created resources about death and dying for chaplains and healthcare workers that are in contact with Buddhist patients. These can be used by chaplains of any faith and do not need a prior understanding of Buddhist thought.


Tuesday 8 December 2015

Upaya : Gate of Sweet Nectar



Gate of Sweet Nectar


Published on Aug 27, 2015
Upaya Zen Center Liturgy: Gate of Sweet Nectar
Sunday, August 22 with Roshi Bernie Glassman and Roshi Joan Halifax. Officiated by Joshin Brian Byrnes.

Thursday 3 December 2015

Wiki: Buddhist Ethics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_ethics

Buddhist Ethics

Contents

  

BS: Different Forms of Buddhism


http://www.thebuddhistsociety.org/page/about-buddhism-2/different-forms-of-buddhism

BS: Different Forms of Buddhism

Buddhism and War

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/buddhistethics/war.shtml

http://buddhism.about.com/od/basicbuddhistteachings/a/war.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence

http://thubtenchodron.org/2015/11/world-events-harmful-actions/

Buddhism and War

Wednesday 2 December 2015

Dharma World Magazine , Chaplaincy resources

http://www.rk-world.org/dharmaworld/dk_backissues.aspx

Dharma World Magazine , Chaplaincy resources


July-September 2015, Volume 42Religious Rituals and Their Meaning for Today
Apri-June 2015, Volume 42Religion's Contributions to Society
January-March 2015, Volume 42Cultivating Hearts That Welcome the Other
October-December 2014, Volume 41Buddhism and Language
July-September 2014, Volume 41Life After Death
Apri-June 2014, Volume 41Building an East Asian Community: Roles of Religions
January-March 2014, Volume 41Aging Societies and Religion
October-December 2013, Volume 40Nuclear Power and Contemporary Religion
July-September 2013, Volume 40Where Does the Buddha Live Now?
April-June 2013, Volume 40Modern Meanings of Festivals
January-March 2013, Volume 40Transforming Greed
October-December 2012, Volume 39Religions Coping with Prejudice
July-September 2012, Volume 39The Significance of Religious Communities
April-June 2012, Volume 39Buddhist Teachings on Spiritual Liberation
January-March 2012, Volume 39The Meaning of Modern Pilgrimage
October-December 2011, Volume 38The Evolution of Funerals in Japan
July-September 2011, Volume 38Buddhism in North America
April-June 2011, Volume 38Religion and the Power of Women
January-March 2011, Volume 38What Is True Wealth?
October-December 2010, Volume 37Dialogue Draws Religions Closer
July-September 2010, Volume 37Tackling the Question "What Is the Lotus Sutra?"
April-June 2010, Volume 37Religion's Role in Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
January-March 2010, Volume 37Help in Overcoming Alienation
October-December 2009, Volume 36Religion and Prayer
July-September 2009, Volume 36Religion and Media
April-June 2009, Volume 36Religion and Health
January-March 2009, Volume 36The Changing Forms of the Family and the Role of Religion
October-December 2008, Volume 35The Meaning of Giving in the Contemporary World
July-September 2008, Volume 35
Buddhism in the Face of Environmental Crisis
April-June 2008, Volume 35The Many Forms of the Bodhisattva Kuan-yin
January-March 2008, Volume 35
Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
October-December 2007, Volume 34
Buddhism and Bioethics
July-September 2007, Volume 34
Respect for Ancestors
April-June 2007, Volume 34
Self-Examination and Peace Work
January-March 2007, Volume 34
Buddhism and Social Responsibility: Boddhisattva Practice Today
October-December 2006, Volume 33
Buddishm in Dialogue
July-September 2006, Volume 33
Religions Working for Peace
April-June 2006, Volume 33
Creating the World of the One Vehicle: The Centennial of the Birth of Rev. Nikkyo Niwano


The Significance of Lay Buddhism in Japanese History

http://www.rk-world.org/dharmaworld/dw_2014octdec_the-significance-of-lay-buddhism-in-japanese-history.aspx

The Significance of Lay Buddhism in Japanese History

Practical Meditation: Meditation Related Links

http://www.sankhara.com.au/links/meditation-related-links.html

Meditation Related Links

 
 
A huge amount of information about Buddhism as a way if life, and a philosophic view. Anyone curious about meditation should download a few of these books to read how sensible and practical it can be if practiced.
 
 
Buddhism is a very subtle view which relies on us all making our own sense of it from the plethora of information available. All these books are written by very reliable terachers - people who have been through all the stages any meditator is likely to go. As such these free texts are invaluable.
  
hgk./bFree audio teachings on Buddhism and meditation
To hear teachers speak is often all the more vivid, because intonation and voice can speak the unspeakable.


 
If you're at all fascinated with meditation and want to know more, you simply MUST print out and read these Dhamma talks ... each full of clarity, wisdom and insight.  Essential reading for anyy meditator.   
 
CNNGo.com - Taylor Jacobson
When people speak of Vipassana, the meditation technique of the Buddha, they talk about rules. For 10 days, this means no talking, no reading, no writing, no music or singing, no eye contact; no killing, including mosquitoes; two light meals per day; ......
 

The Guardian
About four days into my first meditation retreat, I started crying. Not little droplets of tears, but great, big, uncontrolled sobs – it felt like I was throwing up wave after wave of stale sadness. I'd expected the long days of sitting to be boring, 
 

Huffington Post (blog) 
Attending a silent meditation retreat can produce deep, lasting rewards. But for short-term pleasure, nothing beats that magical moment when you perceive that, having slogged through several difficult days doing nothing and saying even less, ...


Journalism.co.uk (press release) 
Meditation is often considered as a practice for relaxing and only for the mind, however, people fail to realise that meditation practice can actually act as a effective tool for weight loss. The most important reason why people fail to lose weight is ... 

 
Lifehacker Australia - Melanie Pinola 
We've seen before that meditation can guard against information overload. Now new research shows howmeditation works on our brains to help us focus more and possibly relieve chronic pain. ...

 
Huffington Post (blog) 
In this blog we'll look at a very popular complementary treatment: meditation. Let's begin by acknowledging that millions of people have used meditation for general health and mental health benefits for centuries. When I was a graduate student in ...
 

My Fox Boston
A new study from MIT and Harvard neuroscientists is helping to shed some light on this mindset with information that reveals how the practice of meditation helps tune out distractions and relieve pain, information that could be extremely helpful for ...
 

Herald.ie - John Hearne
New research shows that daily meditation improves memory and diminishes stress. John Hearne looks at the evidence By John Hearne Think meditation and you probably think hippies with long hair and sandals, sitting cross-legged somewhere chanting mantras 
 

The Province - Mehmet OzMichael Roizen - ‎May 3, 2011‎
In the time it takes you to read this column, you can master the basics of meditation -- and make your brain bigger, too. Yep, we started our daily practices back when we YOU Docs thought meditation would just ease stress. Then we found that it reduced ......
 

Huffington Post (blog) - ‎May 4, 2011‎
By learning to meditate. Right. As if you could go sit in a cave like a yogi. Guess what? You don't have to leave the world to meditate. A few minutes in your bedroom at the start of the day is all you need. Despite my totally crazy busy schedule, ... 


Los Angeles Times - Margaret Finnegan - ‎Apr 18, 2011‎
So I did the smartest thing I ever did: I started meditating. I've been doing Vipassana meditation for about three years now. In Vipassana, we focus on the breath. When we realize our minds have wandered, we go back to the breath. ......

Monday 30 November 2015

UPAYA Zen Center: Contemplative Practice and Rituals in Service to the Dying

https://www.upaya.org/2013/03/contemplative-practice-and-rituals-retreat-2013-all-7-parts/

Contemplative Practice and Rituals in Service to the Dying

Upaya Zen Centre

The 7 part 2013 series Retreat on Contemplative Practice and Rituals in Service to the Dying is now published.
You can access the desired part of the series by clicking on its link below:

The 12 part series Retreat on Contemplative Practice and Rituals in Service to the Dying is now published.
You can access the desired part of the series by clicking on its link below:

The 7 part series Being With Dying is now published.
You can access the desired part of the series by clicking on its link below:

Buddhism and Science: Tibetan and Zen Buddhist Perspectives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lq3w3G0Q_s

Buddhism and Science: Tibetan and Zen Buddhist Perspectives

Harward Divinity School

Published on May 29, 2014
On April 20, 2007, Georges B. Dreyfus, Professor of Religion at Williams College, and Eshin Nishimura, former president of Hanazono University, Kyoto, Japan, each spoke, with a Q&A moderated by Donald K. Swearer following the two talks. This event was sponsored by Harvard Divinity School (with a special grant from Richard Watson); the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School; and the Boston Theological Institute. This was the third event in the "When Worlds Collide: The Study of Religion in an Age of Science" lecture series.

Audiopedia: Buddhism and Science

Audiopedia for the blind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO51bnWUewM

Buddhism and Science

Published on Nov 29, 2015
Buddhism and science have increasingly been discussed as compatible, and Buddhism has entered into the science and religion dialogue. The case is made that the philosophic and psychological teachings within Buddhism share commonalities with modern scientific and philosophic thought. For example, Buddhism encourages the impartial investigation of Nature — the principal object of study being oneself. Some popular conceptions of Buddhism connect it to discourse regarding evolution, quantum theory, and cosmology, though most scientists see a separation between the religious and metaphysical statements of Buddhism and the methodology of science. In 1993 a model deduced from Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development was published arguing that Buddhism is a fourth mode of thought beyond magic, science and religion.
Buddhism has been described by some as rational and non-dogmatic, and there is evidence that this has been the case from the earliest period of its history, though some have suggested this aspect is given greater emphasis in modern times and is in part a reinterpretation. Not all forms of Buddhism eschew dogmatism, remain neutral on the subject of the supernatural, or are open to scientific discoveries. Buddhism is a varied tradition and aspects include fundamentalism, devotional traditions, supplication to local spirits, and various superstitions. Nevertheless, certain commonalities have been cited between scientific investigation and Buddhist thought. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, in a speech at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, listed a "suspicion of absolutes" and a reliance on causality and empiricism as common philosophical principles shared between Buddhism and science.


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Sunday 29 November 2015

Alice Project

http://www.aliceproject.org/?lang=en

Alice Project


A unique educational research in India, to develop a sustainable education
and a culture of peace, towards ourselves and others.
India:
the Country of spirituality and of a new Educational paradigm.
This is the place where two teachers, Luigina de Biasi and Valentino Giacomin, have come after successfully experimenting – for then years – in three Italian Governmental Schools – a new revolutionary method called Alice Project. The first Indian Alice Project intercultural and interreligious school was founded in Sarnath, in 1994.
Initially, there were only 75 students and four teachers. Today, after 20 years of unyelding activity, the school has more than one thousand students, 43 teachers and it is officially recognized by the Indian Government. Classes cover all school years, ranging from kindergarten to university.
In 2001 another school was opened in Bodhgaya, and it is now partly self-managed by the students. A third school, for the Chakma ethnic minority, is located in the State of Arunachal Pradesh.
The methodology of the project, which respects all spiritual paths, has been successfully adopted by the Aghoreshwar School in Varanasi, Tergar monastery in Bodhgaya and by some Tibetan schools in Ladakh. Previously, teachers in Italy, Taiwan, U.S.A., Colombia and France had started pilot projects related to the Alice Project.

ZEN BRAIN: EXPLORING CONSCIOUSNESS: Waking, Sleeping, Dreaming, Dying Series : All 11 Parts

https://www.upaya.org/2013/02/zen-brain-exploring-consciousness-waking-sleeping-dreaming-dying-series-all-11-parts/

ZEN BRAIN: EXPLORING CONSCIOUSNESS: Waking, Sleeping, Dreaming, Dying Series : All 11 Parts

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