Find Inner Peace and Relaxation with Calm Minds Meditation
In recent years, extensive research has provided us with clearer insights into what happens in the brain when we meditate and the long-term benefits it brings. Meditation offers numerous advantages, ... Read MoreRead More
In late 2019, I recorded a series of talks for “Tricycle” magazine. These discussions focused on how Buddhist tools can help us overcome social media and internet addiction. Although the ... Read MoreRead More
It was late in the evening when my son mentioned he’d left his backpack in the car. It wasn’t a big deal, but he needed some things from it for ... Read MoreRead More
In late 2019, I recorded a series of talks for “Tricycle” magazine about using Buddhist techniques to help overcome social media and internet addiction. The talks were published online in ... Read MoreRead More
In a series of six posts, I’m explaining how we can break free from our addiction to social media using teachings from early Buddhist scriptures. These teachings come from the ... Read MoreRead More
Sometimes, the teachings from the Buddhist tradition challenge me, and it’s usually because the traditional interpretations leave me unsatisfied. Even foundational teachings like the four foundations of mindfulness or the ... Read MoreRead More
In a series of six posts, I’ve explained using early Buddhist teachings how we can break free from our addiction to social media. These teachings are found in the Vitakkasanthana ... Read MoreRead More
I’ve always admired the few people I know who can honestly say they’ve been meditating for 10 or 20 years without missing a day. I’ve been meditating for 30 years, ... Read MoreRead More
In a series of six posts, I explain, using teachings from early Buddhist scriptures, how we can free ourselves from our addiction to social media. These teachings are found in ... Read MoreRead More
When we first start meditating, we often notice that our mind wanders much more than we expected. We might realize that we can’t get through more than two or three ... Read MoreRead More
When we meditate, we can encounter different kinds of distracting thoughts. Some thoughts are very obvious and forceful, making us forget that we’re meditating and instead drawing us into our ... Read MoreRead More
I’m detailing how we can break free from our social media addiction using early Buddhist teachings in a series of posts. These teachings come from the Vitakkasanthana Sutta, which outlines ... Read MoreRead More
In a series of six posts, I’m explaining how teachings from early Buddhist scriptures can help us break free from our addiction to social media. These teachings are from the ... Read MoreRead More
In a series of six posts, I explain how we can free ourselves from our addiction to social media using teachings from early Buddhist scriptures. These teachings come from the ... Read MoreRead More
Deserted streets. Closed restaurants. Empty supermarket shelves. Alarming unemployment rates in the headlines. Supermarket announcements cautioning us to stay six feet apart. The new habit of wearing masks before entering ... Read MoreRead More
We often avoid meditating for various reasons. Maybe we don’t want to deal with certain emotions, fear failure in our practice, or worry it’s selfish to take time for ourselves. ... Read MoreRead More
Are spiritual goals dangerous because they could trigger grasping and selfish desires? Should we let go of goals to achieve true freedom and happiness? Sunada doesn’t think so. She believes ... Read MoreRead More
Vidyamala’s online course, “Mindfulness for Women: Declutter Your Mind, Simplify Your Life, Find Time to ‘Be’,” starts on March 1. Do you often push yourself to the limit? Do you ... Read MoreRead More
When we feel conflict or ill will towards someone, it’s easy to see that there’s something about them that bothers us. But what’s not so obvious is that the real ... Read MoreRead More
We can think of our attention in two ways: like a flashlight or like a candle. Flashlight attention is when we focus narrowly on one thing. For example, right now ... Read MoreRead More
In this series of six posts, I explain how early Buddhist teachings can help us break free from social media addiction. These insights are derived from the Vitakkasanthana Sutta, which ... Read MoreRead More