Archive for tag 'Buddha'
The Silence of the Mind
Experiencing the Mystery of the Present Moment The silence of the mind allows you to experience the present moment. In the whole Universe, there is nothing static, dead or frozen. Everything, but absolutely everything, is in eternal movement. Even within the so-called still nature reigns the same intrinsic law of movement. Movement and newness, in […]
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Yoga For Yahoos – Aleister Crowley – First Lecture – First Principles
Eight Lectures On Yoga – Index Eight Lectures On Yoga Pt 1 Eight Lectures On Yoga Pt 2 Eight Lectures On Yoga Pt 3 Eight Lectures On Yoga Pt 4 Eight Lectures On Yoga Pt 5 Eight Lectures On Yoga Pt 6 Eight Lectures On Yoga Pt 7 Eight Lectures On Yoga Pt 8 Do […]
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The Four Noble Truths Of Buddhism
Four Noble Truths Of Buddhism To the Buddha, most important thing was “now”, the present moment and how we go from here rather than what happened in the past and what might or will happen in the future. Past is gone and future is not yet due except what we are creating now. He did […]
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Theravada Buddhism FAQ’s
Theravada Buddhism Theravada Buddhism Authors Details: John Bullitt FAQ’s Buddhist Channel 2005 1. What is Theravada Buddhism? – Is Vipassana the same as Theravada? 2. If we’re all reborn when we die, how does Buddhism explain the world’s increasing population? 3. I hear the word “sangha” used a lot these days in Buddhist circles. What […]
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Tantra Techniques & Buddhism
Tantra Techniques Vajrayana Buddhism, which is one of the main three paths of Buddhism, partially relies on various tantric or tantra techniques rooted in scriptures known as tantras. The most important aspect of the tantric path is to ‘use the result as the Path’; which means that rather than placing full enlightenment as a goal […]
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Healing: A Tibetian Buddhist Perspective
What is healing? What do we mean by healing? Do we mean healing of the physical body, healing of the psyche/soul/mind, or both of these. What is the connection between body and mind? (Also see Healing Category) Authors Details: Healing: A Tibetan Buddhist Perspective – Ven. Pende Hawter Many modern healing techniques regard successful healing […]
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Practical Buddhism FAQ
Practical Buddhism Authors Details: John Bullitt FAQ’s Buddhist Channel 2005 Here are some questions answered to make for sensible and practical Buddhism. (See also Buddhism Category for more information) 1. I want to become a Buddhist. How do I do that? 2. What were the Buddha’s views on homosexuality? 3. What were the Buddha’s views […]
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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Part 1
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism. The following series of talks was given in Boulder, Colorado in the fall of 1970 and the spring of 1971. At that time we were just forming Karma Dzong, our meditation center in Boulder. Authors Details: Book Excerpt: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa Although most of my students were sincere […]
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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Part 2
…Continued from Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Part 1 Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Part 2… Authors Details: Book Excerpt: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa The process of transforming the material of mind from expressions of ego’s ambition in to expressions of basic sanity and enlightenment through the practice of meditation – this might be […]
Read more »Culture of Ritual and the Quest for Enlightenment
Since prehistoric times, ritual has been perhaps the most important human activity. Throughout the world there has existed an ancient and ongoing tradition of sacred action performed with the aim of improving not only our condition in the universe, but the condition of the universe itself. Indeed, the further back we look, the more we […]
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