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Hello friends,
One of my friends Shiva has created this beautiful website : Buddhasangha.com.
Buddha Sangha means the community of masters :
This wonderful website contains the immortal quotes and saying of greatest meditation masters of all time. You can read the quotes of biggest stalwarts of spiritual worlds. There is a huge collection of quotes of Osho, J Krishnamurty, Buddha, Swami Ramakrishna Paramhans, Jesus Christ , Sufism, Taoism, Prophet Mohammad ..and many many more.
I request you to kindly go through this website and have a look at the collection of quotes. They are not simply quoes: They are words of power ! Immortal words from enlightened masters ! Highly recommended.
In simplest terms, meditation is a simple process to become aware of our actions. To bring more and more attention in our actions and thoughts in the present moment. To say in other words : Any action perform with attentiveness is meditation. Attentiveness is nothing but to be fully aware and conscious while indulging in any kind of activity of our life. To be in present moment while performing our actions is meditation.
Now if it is that easy, why people make a fuss about it. Many people will claim that they are doing this everyday. They live in present moment always. However, it is easier said than done. Seldom or never we live in the present moment. At any given moment, most of us are either in pas or in future. To live in the present moment is something which we simply don’t do as a habit. We keep thinking about past or future. This results in a condition where we have to learn to remain in the present moment. [Read more →]
Guided meditation is one of the most preferable for of meditation. Every beginner of meditation want to try a guided meditation to get a taste of meditation bliss.
No wonder there has been huge demand of meditation videos .
Here is one such excellent meditation video for you. This is a really informative and powerful meditative video. Enjoy.
If you are planning to try Vipassana meditation – the main meditation of Buddhist tradition – and finding it difficult how to start then the following information can be immensely beneficial for you.
Vipassana Meditation which is a hugely popular meditation techniques of the world basically consist of a process which leads to an inward journey towards mental peace and freedom. It consists of observing our body, our mind and finally our emotions and taking this observation to such perfection so that it can reveal our nature to us.
Observation of body consist of a silent observation of our bodily movement which is primarily a observation of what is happening in our body as we live our day to day life. It mainly consist of concentrating on our breathing process as it goes inside and outside of our body. It is a well established notion in spiritual world that our breath is the link between our physical and spiritual body and a close observation of our breathing process can lead to the entire awareness of our spiritual body.
The next step is observation of thoughts. After you become adapt in observing your breath, the next step s the observation of thoughts. Slowly as we observe our thought like a mute witness, we can notice that the monkey like mind is slowly coming in our control and a relentless process of ever emerging thoughts is subsiding slowly.
The final step is the observation of our emotions. After getting our body and mind in control, the next logical step is the observation of emotions. At any given time a number of emotions keeps arising in our body: the emotions of fear, anger, lust, hunger, love, pain and compassion are few main emotions which dominates our personality. As you observe these emotions while they arise in your body, you will instantly recognize that you are different from these emotions.
Indeed your identity is separable from your body, thoughts and emotions. Vipassana meditation is a highly effective technique to gain control over our body, mind and emotions and attaining a peaceful existence.
By following the above mentioned three steps of observing your body, mind and emotions, you can easily masters the art of Vipassana meditation.
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So mindfulness meditation (which you can call Vispassana- the technique of Gautama Buddha) is going mainstream – slowly but authoritatively.
Often known as “nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment” in common lingo, mindfulness is becoming the flavor of the season. In fact people have started considered it a practice which is even simpler then meditation. Something which can be done anytime, anywhere and….by anybody.
A recent article on Psychology Today have explained in detail the top ten reasons of why Mindfulness is cool. Right from the reasons like it’s free, easy and help us coping with our circumstances, you will find excellent advice through this article.
A new study has revealed that Practicing Zen meditation may help thicken certain brain regions and lessen your sensitivity to pain.
For this study, researchers recruited 17 meditators and 18 non-meditators. To measure the participants’ pain sensitivity, the researchers applied a heated plate to each individual’s calf. In analyzing brain scans of the study members, they found that brain regions involved in regulating pain and emotion were significantly thicker in those who practiced meditation.
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