Michael Johnson on the Foundations of Meditation
Remembering the Foundations of Meditation:
Ānapānasmṛti ≈ mindfulness of inhaling and exhalingMichael Johnson, Meditation and Yoga
- Vipaśyanā ≈ insight
- Maitrī ≈ loving-kindness
- Vicāra ≈ inquiry
Buddhist Teaching on the Five Hindrances
Grasping, craving or desire, anger, sloth, restlessness, and doubt—these are the known as the Five Hinderances to Medin Buddhism. In this dharma talk excerpt, Ayya Anandabodhi explains in-depth each of the Five Hinderances and how they obstruct us from seeing things as they really are.
Buddhist Teaching
Ayurveda teaching on Pitta
When fire and water combine, they create steam. Fire is hot, mobile and sharp and water is liquid and “oily. These are “pitta” qualities known to govern the workings of your body and mind. “Pitta” helps metabolize your food and metabolize your emotions as well as your experiences and thoughts. When pitta is in balance, one has a keen intellect, balanced emotions and a natural proclivity for
Ayurveda teaching on Pitta
problem solving.
Madame Guyon on What Silence Is
Now do you understand what Silence is, it is being Still, ceasing your efforts to make things happen…no sooner do the bodily eyes close, than the soul is wrapped in prayer… it is amazing that so great a blessing enjoys an internal converse which external matters cannot interrupt.
Madame Guyon, Christian Mystic
Anandamayi Maa on the Eternal Unconditioned Awareness
In recognizing the eternal unconditioned awareness that is our true self, we unlock the door to the infinite, the eternal, the divine, the very essence of timeless teachings…in doing so, we may just discover the boundless wisdom that is our own fundamental nature waiting to be unveiled.
Anandamayi Maa
Lama Yeshe on Becoming Your Own Therapist
Becoming your own therapist means examining your own mental attitudes and understanding the nature of your own mind (your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours). Understanding the nature of your own mind allows you to control your mind naturally, without needing to push or force it…
Lama Yeshe
This involves being aware of your internal world and recognizing the patterns and habits that shape your mind…you can cultivate a more positive and compassionate mindset, greater self-awareness and
inner peace.
Richard Miller on Awareness
Awareness, like space, does not discriminate one against the other, pushing this away and only wanting this. Can you feel yourself as this quality of welcoming neither pushing away nor holding on to each experience as it comes, it lives for while, and then dissolves.
Richard Miller, iRest
Feeling yourself as a sense of being or presence in which everything is coming and going with no fear of stepping fully into your experience step into it…awareness is still here…caressing.
Anadamurti Gurumaa on Yogic Sleep
Sometimes called yogic sleep, yoga nidra is defined by some as “a kind of deep sleep in which you don’t lose consciousness.” As well as creating a more restorative state of relaxation, it is said that yoga nidra can relieve stress, frustration and insomnia as well as muscular, emotional and mental tensions. In short, in can help us all deal better with the stress of modern life.
Anadamurti Gurumaa
Annie Payson Call on Power through Repose
With the practice of Yoga Nidra, every day you will become more sensitive to tension, and every day you will be better able to drop it.
Annie Payson Call, Power through Repose, Training for Rest
Sadhguru on the Basic Energy of the World
The basic energy in the world is just that – fire. So using fire as a way of keeping ourselves well is very much a part of the Yogic system. Lighting a lamp every night can make a world of difference to your well being.
Sadhguru