When I first walked into the Zen Center – Donna Quesada
by Donna Quesada: When I first walked into the Zen Center, I thought I knew all about Zen. […]
Cultivating The Awakening Mind – the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama opened today’s webcast by quoting the verse of homage at the end of Nagarjuna’s ‘Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way… […]
Envision Liberation And Justice – Jack Kornfield
by Jack Kornfield: If we are able to quiet the mind and face what is true it’s easier to envision liberation from suffering for ourselves, our community and the world… […]
Awaken Interviews Jon Kabat-Zinn Pt 2 – The Capacity To Simply Be
Donna Quesada: Is mindfulness an act of keeping things in mind…in fullness, or is it an act of letting go and letting things out of the mind? […]
Robert A.F. Thurman -Is Buddhism Science Fiction?
by Robert A.F. Thurman: This talk was recorded during the 2018 Force For Good Class Series at Tibet House US in New York City… […]
After Awakening
Adapted from a talk by Roshi Robert Althouse: Faith, practice, and enlightenment in Zen master Dogen’s Genjokoan… […]
Get Zen: Two New Guided Meditations for Challenging Times
by Donna Quesada: I always saw my recordings of guided meditations as an extension of my work as a teacher and healer. […]
Guided Meditation: The Practice of Vipassana (Mindfulness)
by Tara Brach: The Buddhist practice for developing mindfulness is called vipassana, which means “clear insight” or “seeing clearly” in Pali, the language of the Buddha. What follows is a simple introduction to this practice… [...]
Rabbi Rami interviews Robert Thurman – Wisdom Is Bliss
I’m Rabbi Rami and this is the Spirituality & Health Podcast. Our guest today, Robert Thurman is professor of Indo- Tibetan Buddhist Studies […]
Awaken Interviews Shunryu Suzuki – Eat When You’re Hungry Sleep When You’re Tired
Awaken: Firstly, thank you so much for your time today. It is an honor to spend these moments with you and to share your words with our readers. […]
Caroline Myss – Self-Help: How Do You Know What You Need?
by Caroline Myss: My most recent on-line Reflections class, as many of you might already know, was, […]
Tibetan Culture Not Only Preserved, But Its Also Shown To The World: His Holiness The Dalai Lama
by Aniruhd Bharti: Dharamshala, India – “Tibetan culture has not only been preserved among Tibetans, but also has been shown to the outside world”… […]
My Exhausting Meditation Retreat: 10 days Of Vipassana, Silence And Spiders
by Jodi Ettenberg: I went to New Zealand to break my brain and put it back together, without ever having meditated before. I had no idea what I was in for… […]
Yamada Mumon Roshi : In Zazen, I Become Nothing And Everything Become Nothing,
Yamada Mumon Roshi filmed in 1977 in his temple in Kobe : an interview of an exceptional master. An outstanding documentary… […]
Dan Millman: On Awakening
by Dan Millman: Centuries ago, a wanderer came upon another lone traveler walking serenely through a forest in India. […]
Two Buddhist Techniques for Dealing with Depression.
by Elyane Youssef: In the past, I underestimated the power of the word depression. […]
The Amazing Tibetan Adventures of Alexandra David-Neel
by Barbara Foster: In 1965 Lawrence Durrell, on assignment from a popular woman’s magazine, interviewed the 96-year-old Alexandra David-Neel […]
Living the Compassionate Life – The Dalai Lama
by the Dalai Lama: This teaching by the Dalai Lama explains how the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness and compassion lead inevitably […]
7 More Zen Stories That Might Just Give You A Glimpse Of Enlightenment
by Jordan Bates: A few months ago, we shared 7 illuminating Zen stories to nudge you toward a lighter state of being. And now we’ve returned with 7 more of the cryptic little tales… […]
Life On The Edge – Joan Halifax
by Joan Halifax: Buddhist teacher Joan Halifax describes five “edge states” where courage meets fear and freedom meets suffering… […]
A Scientific Investigation Of Meditation By Russian Neuroscientists – His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India – Mrs Natalia Inozemtseva, Deputy Director of Save Tibet Foundation, Russia, introduced this morning’s dialogue between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and a group of Russian neuroscientists… […]
Living the Four Agreements: A life Changing Journey
In the best selling book The Four Agreements don Miguel Ruiz gives four principles to practice in order to create love and happiness in your life… […]
The Golden Buddha Inside You – Tara Brach
by Tara Brach: In this excerpt from her new book, Trusting the Gold, Tara Brach shares how to break out of the “trance of unworthiness,” […]
What I Wish My Therapist Told Me | A Buddhist Monk’s Reflection
Many years ago before becoming a Buddhist monk in Thailand, I had the opportunity to meet.. […]
Everybody Loves Something – Pema Chödrön
According to Pema Chödrön, love and compassion are like the weak spots in the walls of ego. If we connect with even one moment of the good heart of bodhicitta and cherish it, our ability to [...]
The Buddha Is Still Teaching – Jack Kornfield
by Jack Kornfield: The true Buddha isn’t limited to the body or mind of a particular person who lived long ago. He is present today, says Jack Kornfield, in teachers pointing the way to a [...]
Are You Happier Today Than You Were Yesterday?
by Ed and Deb Shapiro: We were in Thailand, attending a ten-day silent meditation retreat in the middle of a coconut grove. […]
The Alchemy Of Bowing
by Loc Huynh: Since the third century CE to this day, bowing to the Buddha is the most common practice for Asian Buddhists. However, among Westerners, bowing practice, as compared with meditation, is not as [...]
Natural Joy – Jack Kornfield
by Jack Kornfield: When Harvard psychologist Jack Engler was doing his research with my teacher Dipama, he asked her about […]
Awaken Interviews Sharon Salzberg Pt 2 – Doing From A Place Of Perspective And Understanding
Donna Quesada: Now, I want to go a little deeper. I find this so fascinating that it starts with us… this kind of self-blessing. […]
Mindfulness Beyond The Moment
by Joseph Goldstein: Joseph Goldstein explains why being present is just the beginning of cultivating true awareness during meditation… […]
This is Your Brain on Bliss – Matthieu Ricard
by Matthieu Ricard: Oct 31, 2008 . What is happiness, and how can we achieve it? […]
6 Tools For More Freedom—The Buddhist Way
by Victor M. Parachin: Discover ways to feel more free through Buddhist practices. “We all want freedom but we are not always so sure about what it is or how to attain it…” […]
Wisdom From The East…
by Nick Polizzi: Over the past decade of studying different ancient medicine traditions, I’ve been amazed at how many similarities exist between them… […]
Tibetan Buddhist Monks Meditation And Science. Tummo Meditation.
Tibetan Buddhist Monks Meditation and Science. Tummo meditation… […]
Awaken Interviews Gangaji Pt 2 – What Is Always Here?
DONNA QUESADA: So it’s a kind of a spaciousness, a distance to where you’re able to see all as passing clouds… […]
Awaken Interviews Gangaji Pt 1 – Practical Ramifications Of Awakening
Donna Quesada: Well, Gangaji, the first thing I want to say is, thank you! Thank you for joining us, and I know that our Awaken listeners will appreciate your time, as well, and will love [...]
Healing In Your Sleep
by Nick Polizzi: Ready for something personal? Gulp! Here we go… […]
The Subtle Mindset Shift That Could Radically Change The Way You See The World
by Arthur C. Brooks: The Dalai Lama teaches that we are all interconnected and inseparable from one another. Acknowledging that can make us less lonely, more compassionate, and better investigators of the truth… […]
Zen Sickness
by Zen Master Hakuin: Hakuin Zenji (1689-1769) describes the “Zen sickness” he contracted in his latter twenties and the methods he learned from the recluse Hakuyu in the mountains outside Kyoto that enabled him to [...]
Awaken Interviews Robert Thurman PhD Pt 3 – Be Lucid Waking
Donna Quesada: Robert, I want to ask…you know the name of our site is Awaken.com…so, we have a little tradition here. […]
The Buddha’s Words
by (Sutta Central): SuttaCentral contains early Buddhist texts, known as the Tipiṭaka or “Three Baskets”… […]
Awaken Interviews Robert Thurman PhD Pt 2 – World Peace Through Inner Peace
Donna Quesada: We are talking about Buddhism and the state of the world and making these valuable ancient teachings relevant… […]
Why Moving Closer To Fear Is The Path To Freedom And Well Being
by Sabine Schroeder: Teachings from the Buddhist Path and Contemporary Psychotherapy… […]
Awaken Interviews Robert Thurman Pt 1 – His Spiritual Quest
Donna Quesada: So, in terms of your work with the Tibet House, which coincides with your work at Columbia University as part of the Indo-Tibetan Studies Program… […]