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"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows." ~The Buddha Technorati Tags: Buddha Buddhist Buddhism Meditation Dharma

Awakening the Sacred Body - Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Awakening the Sacred Body brings the ancient art of Tibetan breathing practices to the mainstream. Teacher Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche outlines the theory and process of two powerful meditations-the Nine Breathings of Purification and the Tsa Lung movements-that can help you change the way you think, feel, and experience the world. The simple methods presented in Awakening the Sacred Body and on the accompanying DVD focus on clearing and opening your energetic centers to allow the natural human qualities of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity to bloom. These practices, which bring the mind and breath together with specific body movements, can help you connect to your inner wisdom and achieve a relaxed yet aware state of mind. Torrent (Invites in Comments) Preview

I have been digging through some old photographs, looking for some images to use for a writing project. Seeing several years of images, and thinking about the stories around some of them, has been an interesting process. Experiences that once held such great charges, positive or negative, now don't. Other experiences, long forgotten, suddenly give rise to emotions they didn't at the time they

Post written by Leo Babauta . Its one of the most prevalent myths of our culture: self discipline. The myth is larger than life. Benjamin Franklin had it, with his waking early, his virtues checklist and his daily reflection. The best athletes have it, with the discipline to train harder than anyone else to win the gold. My readers often think that I am more disciplined, after reading My Story and the list of habits and accomplishments Ive achieved, from exercise to waking early to saving money. Its all a myth. Im hoping that if you accept that its a myth, youll be released from the guilt of not being disciplined, youll be empowered to create the habits you want without the need of the mythical discipline. Why Discipline is a Myth Ive written about the illusion of discipline for almost 4 1/2 years now (see my old posts on the topic ), but its necessary to revisit the topic now and then. Especially when I read otherwise excellent posts still spreading the myth. So I need to put an e...

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change." ~The Buddha Technorati Tags: Buddha Buddhist Buddhism Meditation Dharma

By now, most of you have probably hear the declaration from Harold "I've gone" Camping that world is about to end. Guess we'll have to see if he's right, but the track record of all those who came before him shouting about the end times is totally abysmal. Anyway, some of you might be interested to know that Buddhism has an end of the world sutra, The Sermon of the Seven Suns. Here's a taste of

With palms together, Good Morning Everyone, We have been considering sangha of late and what sangha really means. It used to be that sanghawas a group of monks who practiced together, lived together, and wondered together. That was some time ago. Through the centuries, though, and with the ascendancy of lay practice centers, sangha has widened to include nearly everyone and, in some cases, everything, in the universe. Many lay practice centers welcome people in off the street, visitors who are curious, who might want to learn, and yet, have little real sense or desire to join a sangha.Visitors andpeople who simply attend, are not sangha members.We, in the Order of Clear Mind Zen, have just completed our grandfathering period. From this point forward,sangha memberswill bethose who have joined and, once accepted,become members of the sangha. I think it should be said, a sangha is a commitment to join a group and support that group. It is not about the individuals needs, but rather the gr...