‘In the quest to accomplish the wisdom tradition As taught by the mighty Tathagata himself, Keep inner vision as your peerless guide; Launch into meditation on the nature of voidness, Legacy of Nagarjuna, and accomplish his state.’ Yangchen Shepai Dorje
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Mindfulness Practices to Get Back in Touch with Your Body
Shift from a "fix it" mindset to more kindness and acceptance with these practices to get back in touch with your body. The post Mindfulness Practices to Get Back in Touch with Your Body appeared first on Mindful.
How a Simple Object Helped Me Slow Down and Breathe
“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” ~A.A. Milne It was a Wednesday afternoon, and I was sitting in my car, too overwhelmed to turn the key in the ignition. My phone had been buzzing all day with work notifications, and the mental list...
Morning meditation — Delusion often operates through the stories we tell ourselves.
‘Delusion often operates through the stories we tell ourselves. It convinces us that our happiness depends on external circumstances — that if only we could arrange the world according to our desires, we would be content.’ Everyday Buddhism
The Myna Bird Knows Her Name
A colleague paused after I corrected her pronunciation of my name for the third time, then laughed. “It doesn’t matter,” she said, tossing her head back. In that moment, I felt myself floating somewhere between belonging and rejection, suspended in a liminal space I...
Sound as Medicine: A Healing Journey
If you’ve felt overwhelmed lately—by responsibilities, by the pace of life, by the noise in the world—you’re not alone. Many of us are moving through our days on autopilot, carrying stress in our bodies that we barely notice until we finally slow down. When that goes...
What Nature Teaches Us About Mindfulness
Open your window when you meditate, or go outside and get very comfortable. Bring your comfy chair, your blanket. Make it easy for yourself to feel warm and safe. And then, let gravity hold you in its gentle embrace. Let the elements move through you. Feel how the...
The Hardest Person to Be Honest with Is Yourself
“You cannot heal what you refuse to confront.” ~Yasmin Mogahed At sixteen, I walked out of my mother’s house with track marks and a half-packed bag. No big fight. No slammed door. Just the silent resignation of someone who couldn’t look his mother in the eye anymore....
Morning meditation — Delusion blinds us to the truth of anattā.
‘It is the mistaken belief in a separate, enduring self; the conviction that we can control and hold on to the things we love, or the assumption that suffering is an anomaly rather than an integral part of existence. Delusion blinds us to the truth of anattā.’...
Morning Meditation — A water bird comes and goes.
‘A water bird comes and goes, leaving no traces at all. Yet it knows how to go its own way.‘ Mumonkan
