In the storm of life we struggle through myriads of stimuli of pressure, stress, and muti-problems that seek for a solution and answer. We are so suppressed by the routine of this every life style that most of us seem helpless. However, if we look closely to ancient techniques we shall discover the magnificent way [...]

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Recently a dear visitor from Brazil (respected Mr. Roberto Cardoso ) send me his paper on meditation named ‘Prefrontal Cortex in Meditation’. It’s about :
When the Concrete Leads to the Abstract
A schematical hypothesis, concerning the
participation of the logic for “logic relaxation”
It’s a pure scientific view on meditation. Though, the language is quite abstract and some [...]

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In meditation, people sit quietly and concentrate on their breathing. As air swooshes in and out of their nostrils, they attend to each sensation. As unbidden thoughts flutter to mind, they let them go. Breathe. Let go. Breathe. Let go.
According to a study in the online edition of the journal PloS Biology, three months of [...]

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Scientist are doing their research on Vipassana -the meditation technique of Gautama Buddha and they are astonished with the results. Read this story from Livescience.com :-
Three months of intense training in a form of meditation known as “insight” in Sanskrit can sharpen a person’s brain enough to help them notice details they might [...]

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Here is an interesting and useful article on meditation I recently found in a website on Nepal
Harmony Through Meditation
By P. Gopakumar
MEDITATION is the natural course of withdrawing concentration from environmental, physical and mental processes and consciously directing it inward to a chosen focus of attention. But not many people know how to practice [...]

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Heart disease patients who practiced meditation for four months showed slight improvements in blood pressure and insulin levels, a small government-funded study found.
Patients who learned Transcendental Meditation did better on those measures than patients who spent the same amount of time on lectures, discussions and homework about the effects of stress, diet and exercise on [...]

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