Wisdom through Mindfulness

To Guide people to gain wisdom through practice of mindfulness, based on Buddhist principles.

Friday, February 8, 2013

The four kinds of kamma...

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 (Please click on the figure to enlarge) Kamma is the result of our will or intention .   We discussed before that we have no absolut...
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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Four skillful ways of answering questions

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In this post I will examine the different methods of answering questions skilfully based on Buddhist wisdom. As I was searching for this ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Advice on mindful speech: Before you speak...

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Here is Buddha's advice on right speech. This is very valuable in our daily lives as we become more mindful in our speech. S...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The Emergence of Contemplative Neuroscience: Richard Davidson, Ph.D.

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Monday, December 31, 2012

"Ruts" in the mind

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Imagine a stream of water flowing over a large rock. Over time it will make small tracks on the rock that will gradually become groove...
Monday, December 17, 2012

The five hindrances: Like a "bowl of water" (mind) with different contaminants

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The Five Hindrances- Like a " clear a bowl of water" (still mind) with different contaminants or  situations.   ( Pleas...

What gets in the way of our right concentration or stillness: The Five hindrances

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The five hindrance obstuct the path to our right concentration or stillness of the mind. So it is good to identify these as we meditate ...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Samatha (tranquillity) and Vipassana (insight) Meditation: The bottom line is don't debate, just do it!

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There has been so much discussions and debates between Samatha (tranquillity) and Vipassana (insight) meditation methods. Ajahn Brahm ...
Sunday, June 24, 2012

Further investigation of the second Noble Truth: The Craving

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We discussed the first noble truth in a previous post. Here we will try to explore the second noble truth, the cause of suffering or stress...
Saturday, April 7, 2012

Buddhism and Science:Introductory Video, Oxford University

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The complete set of recordings is on www.voicesfromoxford.org Click on Events, then on Buddhism and Science.
Friday, March 23, 2012

Its a feeding frenzy! Not only the mind feeds on thoughts, it also regurgitates and chews on them.

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The mind always likes to feed on thoughts. Sometimes this happens even when sleeping. Not only the mind feeds on thoughts it also regurgitat...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Stress: Its all about clinging to the activity of the five aggregates

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Figure 1: This figures shows that clinging to five aggregates is the basis of stress or suffering Buddha did not say life is stress and suff...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

The story of the two arrows: Physical pain is inevitable but the mental pain is optional

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Physical pain and mental pain are not the same. It is important to recognize these two as distinct entities. The physical pain of the bo...
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