Walking Meditation and the Precepts, Part II |
...so what are OUR Precepts? ...what is OUR Pace?
Facilitating this page I notice that many of us, if not most of us, drink alcohol, and ingest visual and auditory images that Thay would likely ...
Posted by Thich Nhat Hanh on Sun, 04 May 2008 09:55:00 PST |
Walking Meditation and The Precepts, Part I |
Last week I practiced walking meditation with a group of practitioners. My awareness was primarily engaged in counting my steps, following my breath, and adjusting my gate in response to the "pa...
Posted by Thich Nhat Hanh on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:18:00 PST |
RICHARD BAKER EXCERPT |
THE PRACTICE OF THE PRECEPTS by Richard Baker
Page 148 of Thich Nhat Hanh's For A Future To Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Mindfulness Trainings
Vowing is a fundamental...
Posted by Thich Nhat Hanh on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:16:00 PST |
Peaceful Warrior |
In true "enterbeing fashion," Mindfulness is finding it's way into the thoughts of mainstream culture. Dan Millman's book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior was made into a movie...Peaceful Warrior.&n...
Posted by Thich Nhat Hanh on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 07:41:00 PST |
100 Day Challenge: Practice 1 |
Here's the challenge... For the next one hundred days (May 21 - Aug 28) concentrate, as much as possible, upon what you APPRECIATE and ADMIRE. At home, at work, in the community ... just notice ...
Posted by Thich Nhat Hanh on Sun, 20 May 2007 03:13:00 PST |
Interfaith Dialogue |
John 17:21 - That they may all be one, as you are in me and I am in you. Chapter Six "What can Christians learn from the Koran, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, and Lotus Sermons?" from Joan Chittister's bo...
Posted by Thich Nhat Hanh on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:08:00 PST |
Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings |
The Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings The First Mindfulness Training: Openness Aware of the suffering created by fanaticism and intolerance, I am determined not to be idolatrous about or bound to any ...
Posted by Thich Nhat Hanh on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:17:00 PST |
The Four Aspects of Love |
The Four Aspects of Love, pg(s) 1-4, True Love: A Practice For Awakening The Heart.
"According to Buddhism, there are four elements of true love.
The first is maitri, which can be translated as loving...
Posted by Thich Nhat Hanh on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:42:00 PST |
About the Five Mindfulness Trainings |
What do we think of the Mindfulness Trainings? Can we read Thay's versions, and really consider them our own? Thay doesn't present the trainings as something to be adhered to or belie...
Posted by Thich Nhat Hanh on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:15:00 PST |
Stopping, Calming, Resting, Healing |
Stopping, Calming, Resting, Healing
"Buddhist meditation has two aspects shamatha and vipashyana. We tend to stress the importance of vipashyana ("looking deeply") because it can bring us insight an...
Posted by Thich Nhat Hanh on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:01:00 PST |
