Free download of Acharn Chah’s Teachings
Though I never had the opportunity to practice with Acharn Chah, I wish I had, because his understanding of meditation, and the tricky mental obstacle course it can be when we practice it,… Continue reading
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Meditation is not the Destination
The skill of meditating is not for its own sake. We are not meditating to be excellent meditators. We’re meditating to have excellent lives. Meditation’s just a method, a tool after all –… Continue reading
Stillness – Keep it Simple
One thing that keeps coming through the emails I’m getting about the audio course is, people are turning meditation into hard work. They’re thinking too much about it and trying too hard to… Continue reading
The Natural Mind – A Lecture by Acharn Chah
Acharn Chah passed away a long time ago, but his words still ring with perfect clarity. This soundtrack is a reading from his book, ‘The Natural Mind’, and I suppose it might be… Continue reading
Mindfulness Meditation Creates ‘Happy’ Brain
“Last year, a Harvard study confirmed that there’s a clear connection between mind wandering and unhappiness. Not only did the study find that if you’re awake, your mind is wandering almost half the time, it… Continue reading
Sensations Are Everything in Meditation
In meditation, sensations are everything, and everything should be contemplated as sensations – nameless, characterless and constantly changing. Sensations are life. Life is sensations. Everything else are the illusions we build out of… Continue reading
The Main Game of Meditation
In a culture like ours, which values excitement and novelty above most other things, a lot of people come to meditation looking for exactly that – the novelty, the new, the wow factor.… Continue reading
Where Science and Buddhist Mind Meet
All too often, Buddhism gets lumped in with the other religions, Hinduism in particular. But even though Buddhist view arose from within a Hindu environment, Gautama Buddha’s insight went far beyond the god-oriented… Continue reading
Essential Reading for Meditation
I found this extraordinary resource in my wanderings on the net. It’s called Dhamma Talks.net and all of the greatest teachers of Mindfulness meditation are here … what they wrote, what they said… Continue reading
The Difference between Samatha and Vipassana Meditation Methods
Audio Course Participant’s Question: “I’ve been looking for information about Vipassana meditation and I keep noticing another method called Samatha meditation, so I’m wondering what the difference is between them. As far as… Continue reading
Meditation this Morning
Had an interesting meditation today, which I think I”ll share with you … it might be helpful, one never knows. The thing with meditation is it’s always different. The things that happen, the… Continue reading
New Evidence Shows Meditation increases Brain processing power
“The role that meditation plays in brain development has been the subject of several theories and a number of studies. One of them, conducted at the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging at the University… Continue reading
The Utter Unimportance of the Meditation ‘Experience’.
Audio Course Participant’s Question: “Some of my friends meditate. They do other methods and they keep telling me about all this stuff they experience. They see lights, colors and hear things, and one… Continue reading
The Use of Mindfulness/Mental Noting in Life
This audio came out of a talk I had with a friend about mental noting, in which, she mentioned how difficult it was to remember to be mindful, and use mental noting outside… Continue reading