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Calling a Spade a Spade: The Need for Authentic Meditation Teachers
Calling a Spade a Spade: The Need for Authentic Meditation Teachers Some time ago, we uploaded a post that featured a vajragiti that we wrote called ‘Hearken to the Dharma’. A vajragiti is a type of...
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Thupten Jingpa on Compassion and Mindfulness
Thupten Jingpa on Compassion and Mindfulness We recently had the pleasure of talking with Thupten Jingpa, who has been the principal English translator of the Dalia Lama for the past 30 years. The...
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Mindfulness for Treating Addiction: A Clinician’s Guide
Mindfulness for Treating Addiction: A Clinician’s Guide An aspect of our scientific work relating to mindfulness involves investigating its applications for treating addiction. In this respect, we have...
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The Spiritual Fence Sitter
The Spiritual Fence Sitter When people are practising a spiritual path it is normal that, to a certain extent, their interest and commitment to the path waxes and wanes. For example, they may feel...
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Is Buddhism One or Many?
Is Buddhism One or Many? In our experience, most individuals who assert that ‘Buddhism is one’ are generally not well informed or are secret (or in some cases open) advocates of ‘hippyism’!...
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When Does Mindfulness Become Addictive?
When Does Mindfulness Become Addictive? Mindfulness is growing in popularity and is increasingly being used by healthcare professionals for treating mental health problems. There has also been a...
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Being Too Buddhist: A Teacher-Student Dialogue
Being Too Buddhist: A Teacher-Student Dialogue Student: Are you busy? Teacher: Why? S: May I talk with you for a short while? T: Yes. S: I’ve been practising meditation for over ten years. I’ve studied...
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Putting the ‘Buddhist’ Back into Mindfulness: A Research Round-Up
Putting the ‘Buddhist’ Back into Mindfulness: A Research Round-Up The past is history and no longer exists. The future never arrives. Life can only be experienced in the present moment. Mindfulness...
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Letting Go
Letting Go The following post is from a friend in Thailand. Roughly, the words translate as: ‘If you let go, time will heal’. This is sound advice. However, better still is not to hold on in the first...
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The Winds of Change
The Winds of Change Gone, all is gone. Nothing remains. Completely alone. Silence abounds. Nothing to fight for. No more doing. No more being. The path has been discarded. How sublime to abide in...
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