Usually, “feeling doing nothing” is a poor advice to follow if you want to feel better. Yet, a growing body of scientific literature shows that the practice of mindfulness thoughtlessly has significant positive impacts on our body and mind. There are two ways of being mindful. It depends on its purpose.

(Text by Kevin Moriarty) A few weeks ago one of the attendees at the Thursday evening meeting challenged the existence of an afterlife citing the lack of proof. This led to a discussion of the basis of any belief and the reasonableness of spiritual beliefs. This piece expands on that discussion. A black line is […]

This is a very common and practical question. Here are three examples among many. First student: “You said that meditation would help me to deal with my anger by accepting it, but, every time I try, I find that it is impossible. The more I meditate on it, the worse it becomes!” Second student: “You […]

A newly ordained Hindu Monk, in orange clothes, was traveling in a bus in Mumbai. He came across an old high school friend. They started chatting, the high school friend was anxious to know what the monk was doing. So he asked him “What exactly do you do?” The young monk gave him a brief […]

Buddha found that the nature or feature of existence is characterized by the following three roots: Impermanence or Ongoing Change: Nothing persists, everything is transient. Suffering or Unhappiness/dissatisfaction caused by desire, anger and illusion also called ignorance. No-self or Insubstantiality: no living being is a permanent, independent, unique and separe self entity.  We are all […]