The Great Stupa at Shambhala Mountain Center in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 30, 2009

A family visit to...The Great Stupa Which Liberates Upon Seeing A Buddhist monument dedicated to Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (and all sentient beings, too). via Leah Barasch Fox It has long been the tradition that…

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Book review: Happiness is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life (Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D.)

By Todd Mayville on Jun 29, 2009

Happiness is an Inside Job by Sylvia Boorstein Review: Todd Mayville for elephantjournal.com In this paperback reprint of Happiness is an Inside Job, Sylvia Boorstein uses the meditative parts of Buddhism's Noble Eightfold Path…

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Lojong #9: If You Can Practice Even When Distracted, You Are Well Trained. ~ via Linda Lewis.

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 28, 2009

- When we meditate, usually it is our discursive thoughts that are the main distraction. When we see the “stuff” that can arise in our mind, identifying with the seeing rather than the mental…

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Mindful Dining. Book: “Oryoki and the Oryoki Chant”

By elephantjournal.com on Jun 24, 2009

“Oryoki and the Oryoki Chant” from PKTC Publications is the first book on Oryoki, the monastic way of eating that was introduced to the West by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The book also contains the…

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Book review: The Secret Art of Seamm Jasani (Asanaro)

By Todd Mayville on Jun 21, 2009

Seamm Jasani is a more gentle form of Boabom, a martial art form originating in Tibet prior to the arrival of Buddhism.  Seamm Jasani is as much meditation and relaxation as it is a…

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Book Review: One Moment Meditation: Stillness for People on the Go (Martin Boroson)

By Todd Mayville on Jun 12, 2009

This book is going to take you a while to read and get through, which is vaguely ironic that a book on meditating in a moment's time should take so long, but if you…

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Everyday Buddhadharma with Linda Lewis: Buddhist Lojong Slogan #8: Always Maintain a Joyful Mind.

By elephantjournal.com on May 30, 2009

Obviously, it’s easy to be happy when things are going well—when we have “reasons” to be happy.  This is known as conditional happiness—happiness due to positive conditions.  But in any given life, mishaps and…

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Develop Mindfulness through Climbing, and Improve your Technique. ~ via David DeFranza.

By elephantjournal.com on May 24, 2009

To look in most climbing gyms, with people grunting and shouting, lunging for holds and falling, you might not get the impression that mindfulness, a state of calm awareness, played much of a role in…

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Everyday Buddhadharma ~ Buddhist Lojong Slogan: “All Dharma Agrees at One Point.” ~ Linda Lewis

By elephantjournal.com on May 8, 2009

Everyday Buddhadharma with Linda V. Lewis. Atisha's Lojong Mind-Training Slogans: All Dharma Agrees at One Point As we meditate each day, it is important to pause now and then to reflect on our progress. Is ego-clinging…

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Review: Cartwheels in a Sari ~ a memoir of growing up in a cult.

By Caroline Treadway on May 7, 2009

In her memoir Cartwheels in a Sari, Jayanti Tamm reveals her childhood as "the chosen one" in the spiritual cult of Sri Chinmoy. Chinmoy was an Indian guru known for spreading peace and lifting extremely heavy objects.  His sari-swathed…

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An MTV Greeneration?

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on May 3, 2009

How is this Green Generation going to effect Meaningful Change—and Fast? {Taking Stock: elephant journal at 6.95 years old.} Where's the leverage? Where's the acupressure point? How are we going to effect big, needed…

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Gwen Bell: Yoga = Social Media?

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Apr 30, 2009

Laptopasana, anyone? Gwen Bell on what yoga can teach us about...social media? Gwen Bell has one foot in the yoga world. The other in tech. How does she keep her balance? By seeing through the…

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Unifying Head and Heart. [To Give, or Not to Give? That is the Question.]

By Sarah Miller on Apr 28, 2009

I’m not used to guys asking for my phone number. Where I come from, I’m not exactly anyone’s “type.”  I guess I’m a bit out of practice. Yesterday on the airplane, I had a brief,…

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Chogyam Trungpa: where Emotions come from.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009

Chogyam Trungpa: Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week. RELATING WITH THE SUBTLETIES OF THOUGHTS The connection between small ideas and large ideas is very important. For instance, sudden dramas, such as murdering somebody or creating immense chaos,…

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Was Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche an alcoholic? Dispelling myths with openness.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 26, 2009

Was Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche an alcoholic? Did he sleep with some of his students? Was he chauffeured around in a Mercedes? And, do bears shit in the woods? The other day I was talking…

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Kyudo.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 25, 2009

Kyudo: archery as meditation. Kanjuro Shibata Sensei could be called a real "last Samurai." Twentieth in a line of Imperial Bowmakers to the Emperor of Japan, he was my childhood "kyudo" teacher. Kyudo, the…

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Ewam: a Garden of One Thousand Buddhas, via Jim Sacamano.

By elephantjournal.com on Apr 17, 2009

Some of the most profound Buddhist teachings are given through gestures and signs, rather than words. Buddha Shakyamuni empowered Mahakashyapa, the founder of the Zen tradition, merely by showing him a flower. Perhaps for Mahakashyapa…

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Book Review: The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Inner Peace: The Essential Life and Teachings (His Holiness the Dalai Lama)

By Todd Mayville on Apr 17, 2009

I've been an admirer of the Dalai Lama for some time now, even before I became a Buddhist, and that admiration only increased when I realized how well His Holiness can write and articulate…

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Book Review: The Experience of Samadhi: An In-depth Exploration of Buddhist Meditation (Richard Shankman)

By Todd Mayville on Apr 15, 2009

As the title indicates, The Experience of Samadhi is a discussion of samadhi (concentration) and its role in Buddhist meditation, particularly when it comes to its development in comparison to nurturing insight through meditation. …

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Review: Your Breathing Body, Vol. 1 & 2 (Reginald Ray, Ph.D.)

By Todd Mayville on Apr 7, 2009

In his 2008 book, Touching Enlightenment, Reggie Ray proposes moving meditation out of the head and down into the body, going so far as to say that enlightenment isn't possible unless meditation takes on…

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