Monday, 21 December 2015
UCTV: How Your Brain Can Turn Anxiety into Calmness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYJdekjiAog&feature=player_embedded
Guided imagery exercise in the last 20 mins
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]
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
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].
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Tricycle: Walking: Meditation on the Move
http://www.tricycle.com/practice/walking-meditation-move?page=0%2C4
Walking: Meditation on the Move
Achaan Chah, Sylvia Boorstein, Yasutani Roshi, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Thich Nhat Hanh, Joan Halifax, Bruce Chatwin, Henry David Thoreau, Matsuo Basho
Sunday, 13 December 2015
Bristol University : Death and Dying in Buddhism
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/religion/buddhist-centre/projects/bdr/chaplains/
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.
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.
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Nothing Higher to Live For A Buddhist View of Romantic Love
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/price/bl124.html
Nothing Higher to Live For
Nothing Higher to Live For
A Buddhist View of Romantic Love
by
Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano (Leonard Price)
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.
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
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Dharma World Magazine , Chaplaincy resources
http://www.rk-world.org/dharmaworld/dk_backissues.aspx
Dharma World Magazine , Chaplaincy resources
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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.Free 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 JacobsonWhen 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 GuardianAbout 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 PinolaWe'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 BostonA 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 HearneNew 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 mantrasThe Province - Mehmet Oz, Michael Roizen - May 3, 2011In 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, 2011By 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, 2011So 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
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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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.
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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