Awaken Mind – Mindfulness & Meditation

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The Cultivation of Courage

December 14th, 2021|

by Sharon Salzberg: I have traveled around this country on book tours fully five times in the past five months. […]

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The Cure for Craziness

December 14th, 2021|

There’s only one way to save your sanity in this speeded-up, lunatic world. Patience, says Sharon Salzberg. […]

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Wishing Well

December 14th, 2021|

Learn to rejoice in the good fortune of others and your own happiness multiplies – it’s the best cure for envy. […]

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Message From Goenka

December 4th, 2021|

Satya Narayan Goenka:  Dear Travelers on the Path of Dhamma, Be happy!  Keep the torch of Dhamma alight! […]

  • Universal Spirituality for Peace

Universal Spirituality for Peace

December 4th, 2021|

The following is the complete text of the address given by Mr. Satya Narayan Goenka on Tuesday, 29 August 2000 in the United Nations General Assembly Hall to the participants of the Millennium World Peace Summit. [...]

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On The Subject of Happiness

December 4th, 2021|

The following is the general text of Mr. Satya Narayan Goenka’s remarks at one of the panels of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January, 2000 on the subject of “What is Happiness? Is [...]

  • After training in biochemistry at the Institute Pasteur, Matthieu Ricard left science and moved to the Himalayas to pursue happiness and became a Buddhist monk.

Neuroscience and Meditation

December 3rd, 2021|

August, 2009 Matthieu Ricard has been a key contributor to the increasingly fruitful dialogue between scientists and spiritual practitioners, and a regular subject for scientific experiments on meditation. […]

  • Matthieu Ricard After training in biochemistry at the Institute Pasteur, Matthieu Ricard left science and moved to the Himalayas to pursue happiness and became a Buddhist monk.

The Future Doesn’t Hurt. Yet.

December 3rd, 2021|

by Matthieu Ricard: When, in the early morning, I sit in the little meadow in front of my hermitage on a quiet hilltop, […]

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Universal Compassion

November 28th, 2021|

Sharon Salzberg and Sylvia Boorstein discuss compassion and the opening of the heart as a nonsectarian universal wisdom for people of all backgrounds. […]

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Meditation On The Way Of The Luminous Warrior

November 24th, 2021|

by Dr. Alberto Villoldo: When we become luminous warriors, we recognize that our job is to use love to vanquish its opposite―and its opposite is not hate, but fear… […]

  • Roshi Joan Halifax Zen Buddhist roshi, Joan Halifax is an ecologist, anthropogist and civic rights leader, but she is mostly known for her compassionate work with the terminally ill. She is the director of the project Being with Dying that helps caregivers cope with death and dying.

The Lucky Dark

November 23rd, 2021|

Joan Halifax Roshi:  A guide to allowing a gentle and meaningful death for our loved ones and for ourselves. […]

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Sitting, Resting, And Not Worrying – Thich Nhat Hanh

November 13th, 2021|

In this short teaching video from the Plum Village Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh talks about sitting meditation, the art of resting, and how to take care of the habit energy of worrying… […]

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Holistic Medicine and Cancer Prevention

November 13th, 2021|

by Jessica Alexander: No cancer is 100% preventable, but there are natural practices you can start implementing now to reduce your risk… […]

  • As a psychiatrist, Judith Orloff incorporates psychic intutition and energy medicine into her pratice. She began expriencing psychic premonitions, foreseeing illnesses, deaths and earthquakes at an early age.

4 Techniques to Protect Your Energy

November 7th, 2021|

Adapted from Judith Orloff M.D.’s New York Times Bestseller, “Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself From Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life”  […]

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What Is Mindfulness 3.0?

November 5th, 2021|

Mindfulness is nothing more and nothing less than simply returning to oneself over and over again: one’s own body, one’s own being, one’s own truth… […]

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Practices For Steadiness And Presence

October 29th, 2021|

by Daniel Sannito: In the same way that we see leaves fall away from the trees, this season is the time for us to shed some of the clutter we’ve picked up over the course [...]

  • The Point of Authentic Inquiry

The Point of Authentic Inquiry

October 23rd, 2021|

by Gangaji: There is a point that appears in a lifetime, regardless of chronological age, when healthy, true doubt appears. […]