When the Buddha attained enlightenment, he touched the earth. If he touched it now, it would cry out in pain.
Three well-known teachers and practitioners of yoga and Buddhist meditation discusses the benefits and pitfalls of bringing both to your mat.
Maitri means loving-kindness or unconditional friendliness. David Nichtern and Cyndi Lee show you how to do this heart-opening Buddhist practice.
A complete spiritual practice—or even just a healthy, satisfying life—requires working with both mind and body.
March Book Reviews.
HIMALAYA: Personal Stories of Grandeur, Challenge, and Hope. Edited by Richard C. Blum, Erica Stone, and Broughton Coburn.
ECHOING SILENCE: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing. By Thomas Merton, edited by Robert Inchausti.
Watching a Vajrayana initiation by the Dalai Lama at Daishoin Temple in Miyajima, Japan. Photo by Lobsang Wangyal.For all their material success, says Pico Iyer, many Japanese feel alienated and spiritually starved. They responded hungrily to the Dalai Lama’s teachings on his recent tour of Japan.
Natalie Goldberg recalls a time when the bottom fell out of her life, when her place, purpose, and even her Zen practice seemed groundless. Was that a problem or the very point?
Yoga is not the only form of moving meditation. A look at some other traditions that join body and mind in transcendent movement.
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