Spirituality
“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” ~Lao Tzu We carefully pick out what we wear to the gym to make sure we look good in the eyes of the other gymgoers. We beat ourselves up after meetings, running through everything we said (or...
Learning how to practice forgiveness takes time. Here are 11 simple ways to forgive, heal, and move on. The post Let It Go: How to Practice Forgiveness appeared first on Mindful.
In the middle way, there is no reference point. The mind with no reference point does not resolve itself, does not fixate or grasp. How could we possibly have no reference point? To have no reference point would be to change a deep-seated habitual response to the...
When people talk about daily practice, they usually mean doing silent meditation, a ritual, or mantra recitation. These are important parts of our daily practice, but there is another crucial dimension: it is being kind to our own body-mind. This is a method for...
‘Anattā emerges when we realise that thoughts and sensations arise and pass away without a fixed ‘I’ controlling them. Experience unfolds according to conditions, not according to some central self.’ Everyday Buddhism
Según Willa Blythe Baker, formar una comunidad fuerte y saludable comienza con la comprensión de cómo se construye. “Días de Primavera”, 2021. Pintura de Yeachin Tsai. © Yeachin Tsai La primera práctica que el Buda enseñó a sus discípulos fue la práctica del refugio....
Do you sometimes see people running around enjoying life and wonder what you’re missing? Sometimes I used to think I must be a horrible person. I had so many things going for me, and I still couldn’t be happy. I would ask myself, is there something wrong with me? Am I...
Kids are highly perceptive—so how can we give them feedback while also modeling mindfulness, calm, and kindness? Mindfulness Director and educator Alex Tzelnic shares tried-and-true tips for effective, mindful communication, whether in the classroom or at home. The...
Lion’s Roar: Can you tell us about your spiritual life growing up in the Philippines? Ruben Habito: I was born and raised in a Catholic family. We prayed the rosary together, and I found myself naturally saying the rosary in a way that enabled me to settle down and...
En su primera enseñanza en El Parque de los Venados, Buda alabó la presencia mental: “El Óctuple Sendero Noble está nutrido por el vivir con presencia mental”. Desde el principio, el camino del despertar incluye todos los aspectos de la vida humana: físico, emocional,...