Meditation: Cooking with Mindfulness and Loving-Kindness

Cooking and Meditation - Mindfulness and Loving-KindnessCooking with mindfulness and loving-kindness is a different type of meditation.

My first opportunity to cook was at the 10-day Vipassana mediation retreat in Merritt, BC, Canada.

As an experienced Vipassana meditator I was one of the volunteers to cook for the meditation retreat.

This was an opportunity to meditate 5 hours per day and most importantly cook with loving-kindness and mindfulness.

Cooking with Mindfulness

Some people have passion for cooking and sharing food with others.  They can focus on cooking and let go of pressures, thinking about the bottom line or deadlines. [Continue reading]

How to Cultivate Buddhist Equanimity

Buddhist Equanimity - Happiness in Your Life

Webster defines equanimity as evenness of mind under stress; a habit of mind that  is only rarely disturbed under great strain and the ability to control emotional or mental agitation by an effort of will or as a matter of habit. In Buddhism, … [Continue reading]

Where Science and Buddhism Meet: Emptiness, Oneness and Nature of Reality – Part 1 [Video]

Where Science and Buddhism Meet: Emptiness, Oneness and Nature of Reality

In this 2-part video presentation (See the video - part 1 ) Gerald draws parallels between Buddhism and Science on such complex concepts as: Emptiness, Oneness and Nature of Reality. … [Continue reading]

Where Science and Buddhism Meet: Emptiness, Oneness and Nature of Reality – Part 2 [Video]

Quantum_Entaglement_Buddhism

Part 2 Video by Gerald. Transcript by Spencer, the Urban Monk  (see Part 2 Video |  see Part 1 Article and Video Here) Gerald further describes Quantum Entanglement, Uncertainty Principles, Double Slit Experiments and his conclusions and … [Continue reading]

Buddhist Meditation – Letting Go of Thoughts

Letting Go of Thoughts - Buddhist Meditation by the Urban Monk

If you are beginning a meditation practice, you may have heard that the goal is to "let go of your thoughts."  This is a concept that is both widely used and widely misunderstood. Some people think that if they can let go of their thoughts they … [Continue reading]