the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
... conveyed to your destination; and if you merely stand by it, you will be left behind. Those who desire to be liberated from all sufferings should use that vehicle. That is to say they should use knowledge they gained for practical purposes. The most important task for you while you are born into thi ...
... conveyed to your destination; and if you merely stand by it, you will be left behind. Those who desire to be liberated from all sufferings should use that vehicle. That is to say they should use knowledge they gained for practical purposes. The most important task for you while you are born into thi ...
PowerPoint - Just be Good
... and physical suffering. Dukkha exists as all beings are subject to illness, separation from loved ones, not getting their desires, aging and ...
... and physical suffering. Dukkha exists as all beings are subject to illness, separation from loved ones, not getting their desires, aging and ...
From Hungry Ghost to Being Human
... All ex-addicts are 'in recovery' from Craving, Aversion and Confusion. But everyone whether they know it or not - is 'in recovery' from Greed, Hatred and Delusion; everyone is ‘in recovery’ from Infatuation, Repulsion and Illusion. From a Buddhist perspective everybody is subject to suffering to a g ...
... All ex-addicts are 'in recovery' from Craving, Aversion and Confusion. But everyone whether they know it or not - is 'in recovery' from Greed, Hatred and Delusion; everyone is ‘in recovery’ from Infatuation, Repulsion and Illusion. From a Buddhist perspective everybody is subject to suffering to a g ...
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... Watch every though that comes and goes, whether it be worry, fear, anxiety, hopes. When the thoughts or feelings arise, don’t follow them or try to suppress them, but simply “note” them – “thinking” – and then release them, relax, and return to the breath as an anchor. When we do this mindfulness pr ...
... Watch every though that comes and goes, whether it be worry, fear, anxiety, hopes. When the thoughts or feelings arise, don’t follow them or try to suppress them, but simply “note” them – “thinking” – and then release them, relax, and return to the breath as an anchor. When we do this mindfulness pr ...
Self-Acceptance in Buddhism and Psychotherapy
... of existence (e.g., gods, humans, animals—even plants in some Hindu schools, although most Buddhist and Hindu schools consider that rebirth and/or reincarnation involve only levels of existence for “conscious/sentient beings”), depending on the moral quality of the previous life’s actions. In Buddhi ...
... of existence (e.g., gods, humans, animals—even plants in some Hindu schools, although most Buddhist and Hindu schools consider that rebirth and/or reincarnation involve only levels of existence for “conscious/sentient beings”), depending on the moral quality of the previous life’s actions. In Buddhi ...
Managers in making—The Zen management way
... seminars are conducted on how to be successful. Organizations spend huge amounts of time, money, efforts and energy in becoming successful, and making their teams successful. 1.2 What exactly is success? And how does one really become successful? The parameters for success are vary from person to pe ...
... seminars are conducted on how to be successful. Organizations spend huge amounts of time, money, efforts and energy in becoming successful, and making their teams successful. 1.2 What exactly is success? And how does one really become successful? The parameters for success are vary from person to pe ...
Theravada Philosophical Exposition of the Supramundane (Lokuttara)
... Wisdom has the specific characteristic of penetrating the true nature of phenomena. It penetrates the particular and general features of things through direct cognition rather than discursive thought. Its function is to abolish the darkness of delusion which conceals the individual essences of state ...
... Wisdom has the specific characteristic of penetrating the true nature of phenomena. It penetrates the particular and general features of things through direct cognition rather than discursive thought. Its function is to abolish the darkness of delusion which conceals the individual essences of state ...
Mindfulness and Mindlessness in Early Chan
... [Original] nature has no inside or outside, so any talk of illuminating inner or outer is deluded from the outset. What is seeing one’s original nature? The scripture says: “The practice of all the samādhis is movement, not seated chan. As for the mind [simply] following the flow of objects — how co ...
... [Original] nature has no inside or outside, so any talk of illuminating inner or outer is deluded from the outset. What is seeing one’s original nature? The scripture says: “The practice of all the samādhis is movement, not seated chan. As for the mind [simply] following the flow of objects — how co ...
kumārajīva`s meditative legacy in china
... meditation practices, especially those of the Chan (Zen) and Pure Land schools. It can be clearly seen from the meditation treatises discussed in this article, which are attributed to Kumārajīva, the most popular translator of Indian Buddhist literature in China. Actually, as Western researchers sho ...
... meditation practices, especially those of the Chan (Zen) and Pure Land schools. It can be clearly seen from the meditation treatises discussed in this article, which are attributed to Kumārajīva, the most popular translator of Indian Buddhist literature in China. Actually, as Western researchers sho ...
On the Practice of Buddhist Meditation According to the Pali Nikayas
... P A R T I : T H E NIKAYAS The problem of the term 'meditation' Few, I suppose, would wish to dispute the suggestion that one of the primary concerns of early Buddhist texts is 'meditation'. It is perhaps a little surprising then that it is by n o means clear what Pali (or Sanskrit) term English, or ...
... P A R T I : T H E NIKAYAS The problem of the term 'meditation' Few, I suppose, would wish to dispute the suggestion that one of the primary concerns of early Buddhist texts is 'meditation'. It is perhaps a little surprising then that it is by n o means clear what Pali (or Sanskrit) term English, or ...
Mindfulness, Buddhism, and Rogerian Argument
... paper (278). Students can be shown persona poems to discuss what techniques make the first person portraits credible. Another possible set-up for developing a different person’s point-of-view is to have students actually create a fictional character (possibly even one who embodies the “opposition” o ...
... paper (278). Students can be shown persona poems to discuss what techniques make the first person portraits credible. Another possible set-up for developing a different person’s point-of-view is to have students actually create a fictional character (possibly even one who embodies the “opposition” o ...
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... s Kate mentioned, we are here to speak about the Psychology of Meditation. When we say ‘psychology of meditation’ I was thinking of discussing the psychological aspect of the practice of meditation, as opposed to the philosophical aspect or the spiritual aspect of meditation practice. When I say ‘ps ...
... s Kate mentioned, we are here to speak about the Psychology of Meditation. When we say ‘psychology of meditation’ I was thinking of discussing the psychological aspect of the practice of meditation, as opposed to the philosophical aspect or the spiritual aspect of meditation practice. When I say ‘ps ...
Buddhist Concepts in the Practice of Psychotherapy: A Qualitative
... illuminated. Next, an examination of the construct of mindfulness as an accepted Western psychotherapy treatment modality is provided, with a focus on empirical outcome studies and a description of basic mindfulness techniques. This review will provide the reader with a broad context for the underta ...
... illuminated. Next, an examination of the construct of mindfulness as an accepted Western psychotherapy treatment modality is provided, with a focus on empirical outcome studies and a description of basic mindfulness techniques. This review will provide the reader with a broad context for the underta ...
Buddhism and Western Psychology
... Next are described basic constructs of essential Buddhism. These were all first introduced in the Buddha’s classic discourse about the Four Noble Truths, which includes the Eightfold Path (Rahula, 1974). Although the discussion here is from a Western psychological perspective and different from what ...
... Next are described basic constructs of essential Buddhism. These were all first introduced in the Buddha’s classic discourse about the Four Noble Truths, which includes the Eightfold Path (Rahula, 1974). Although the discussion here is from a Western psychological perspective and different from what ...
astract - University of West Florida
... Next are described basic constructs of essential Buddhism. These were all first introduced in the Buddha’s classic discourse about the Four Noble Truths, which includes the Eightfold Path (Rahula, 1974). Although the discussion here is from a Western psychological perspective and different from what ...
... Next are described basic constructs of essential Buddhism. These were all first introduced in the Buddha’s classic discourse about the Four Noble Truths, which includes the Eightfold Path (Rahula, 1974). Although the discussion here is from a Western psychological perspective and different from what ...
The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
... And in conformity with this thoroughly correct attitude of true inquiry the philosophers of later times observed: "As the wise test the purity of gold by burning, cutting and examining it by means of a piece of touchstone, so should you accept my words after examining them and not merely out of rega ...
... And in conformity with this thoroughly correct attitude of true inquiry the philosophers of later times observed: "As the wise test the purity of gold by burning, cutting and examining it by means of a piece of touchstone, so should you accept my words after examining them and not merely out of rega ...
Did The Buddha Teach SP?
... eventually would become the ‘collection bundled by topic’ - Saṃyutta Nikāya - with many other relatively short teachings arranged according to the growing fashion of lists in the ‘progressively numbered collection’, the Aṇguttara Nikāya. This is not to say that the suttas in these collections are th ...
... eventually would become the ‘collection bundled by topic’ - Saṃyutta Nikāya - with many other relatively short teachings arranged according to the growing fashion of lists in the ‘progressively numbered collection’, the Aṇguttara Nikāya. This is not to say that the suttas in these collections are th ...
Mental Balance and Well-Being - Santa Barbara Institute for
... psychological distress, even in the face of adversity. Although mental suffering is often catalyzed by environmental and social influences and it presumably always has neural correlates (Ryff & Singer, 1998), such suffering can often be traced to subjectively experienced mental imbalances. Buddhism ...
... psychological distress, even in the face of adversity. Although mental suffering is often catalyzed by environmental and social influences and it presumably always has neural correlates (Ryff & Singer, 1998), such suffering can often be traced to subjectively experienced mental imbalances. Buddhism ...
What Does it Mean to do the Right Thing?
... this aid and claim no ethical authority, instead allowing order and coherence to arise directly out of the interaction. I will try to show how the internal logic of the Buddhist worldview, as will be described in later sections, may take us in that direction, as it is the interpersonal interaction i ...
... this aid and claim no ethical authority, instead allowing order and coherence to arise directly out of the interaction. I will try to show how the internal logic of the Buddhist worldview, as will be described in later sections, may take us in that direction, as it is the interpersonal interaction i ...
MN 141 study guide
... prefers ‘stress’ in part because things that are not associated with suffering can, in some ways, be stressful and because it encompasses a broader range of meanings than does ‘suffering,’ In section 10 the list of things that are suffering are all subsumed under the five upadana khandas. This is a ...
... prefers ‘stress’ in part because things that are not associated with suffering can, in some ways, be stressful and because it encompasses a broader range of meanings than does ‘suffering,’ In section 10 the list of things that are suffering are all subsumed under the five upadana khandas. This is a ...
Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology
... and ignorance. The Third Noble Truth states that dukkha can be overcome, and the Fourth Truth prescribes the means by which this is achieved. Thus, with the Fourth Noble Truth, Buddhism becomes a technique, a discipline; a way of life designed to free people from sorrow and improve the nature of hum ...
... and ignorance. The Third Noble Truth states that dukkha can be overcome, and the Fourth Truth prescribes the means by which this is achieved. Thus, with the Fourth Noble Truth, Buddhism becomes a technique, a discipline; a way of life designed to free people from sorrow and improve the nature of hum ...
Theravāda Buddhism`s Meditations on Death and the Symbolism of
... sun having risen moves towards setting, never turning back for a moment, or just as a mountain stream rushes downhill without stopping, so beings rush toward death without any possibility of a respite ( V i s m . 231). Through reflection on these and similar images, the meditator begins to develop a ...
... sun having risen moves towards setting, never turning back for a moment, or just as a mountain stream rushes downhill without stopping, so beings rush toward death without any possibility of a respite ( V i s m . 231). Through reflection on these and similar images, the meditator begins to develop a ...
Madison Insight Meditation Group Booklist
... Buddhanet, Buddhist education and information network: http://www.buddhanet.net/ A huge collection of books to download by the leading meditation masters in the Thai Forest Tradition over the last 100 years: http://www.what-buddha-taught.net/ A portal to the Buddhist teachings from monks associated ...
... Buddhanet, Buddhist education and information network: http://www.buddhanet.net/ A huge collection of books to download by the leading meditation masters in the Thai Forest Tradition over the last 100 years: http://www.what-buddha-taught.net/ A portal to the Buddhist teachings from monks associated ...
Buddhist Meditation - Sungai Long Buddhist Society
... But, once the meditator gets off the cushion, leaves the zendo, gets into his or her car and go's on the freeway... Anger, hatred, and delusion will rise again. It's the same old story. If only there was a way to permanently get rid of greed, hatred and delusion? To realize perfect balance of mind, ...
... But, once the meditator gets off the cushion, leaves the zendo, gets into his or her car and go's on the freeway... Anger, hatred, and delusion will rise again. It's the same old story. If only there was a way to permanently get rid of greed, hatred and delusion? To realize perfect balance of mind, ...
Becoming Whole
... (Dalai Lama, 2001). Meditation, in various forms, has been practiced for over 2,500 years (Goleman, 1977; Hesse, 1971; West, 1987). A particular form of meditation — mindfulness meditation, also referred to as Vipasanna or insight meditation — is focused on insight into the nature of intrapsychic fu ...
... (Dalai Lama, 2001). Meditation, in various forms, has been practiced for over 2,500 years (Goleman, 1977; Hesse, 1971; West, 1987). A particular form of meditation — mindfulness meditation, also referred to as Vipasanna or insight meditation — is focused on insight into the nature of intrapsychic fu ...