“The first four miracles of mindfulness belong to the first aspect of meditation, shamatha — stopping, calming, resting, and healing. Once you have calmed yourself and stopped being dispersed, your mind will be one-pointed and you will be ready to… Read More ›
Buddha
Be Mindful Today: #15 Cosmic
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” Buddha “The religion of the future will… Read More ›
Be Mindful Today: #14 Meditation without Morality?
How many people reading this blog do a little meditation each day, weekly, or just now and again? Does it make you feel good during your mediation, for some time afterwards or not at all? I guess this is sounding… Read More ›
Buddha’s Words: #10 Instant Karma
Today’s post sheds a little light on Buddha’s words from The Dhammapada chapter 10 which is all about negative and instant Karma. Popular definitions and beliefs in Karma include expressions such as “what goes round comes round” or ” it… Read More ›
Be Mindful Today #13 Deep Down
“Carried away by our worries, we’re unable to live fully and happily in the present. Deep down, we believe we can’t really be happy just yet—that we still have a few more boxes to be checked off before we can… Read More ›
Be Mindful Today #12 Moment by Moment
People can benefit from mindfulness whether they have a specific problem or not … Developing greater awareness can open us to seeing how the mind becomes entangled in and blinded by its own liking and disliking, pursuing and rejecting when… Read More ›
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