Meditation: Cooking with Mindfulness and Loving-Kindness

Cooking and Meditation - Mindfulness and Loving-Kindness

  Cooking 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 … [Read more...]

Buddhist Meditation – is simply an ‘awareness.’ [Part 1]

meditation is awareness by the Urban Monk

  Meditation, one of the most commonly used terms in the West, could mean different things to different people. For some to meditate is simply to contemplate  (“I will meditate on … [Read more...]

Buddhist Meditation – is simply an ‘awareness.’ [Part 2]

meditation is awareness by the Urban Monk

  3rd definition:  meditation is a sitting a long time and doing Vipassana, Anapana and Loving-kindness as taught by S.N. Goenka.  It was the program, the system and the promise of … [Read more...]

Buddhist Meditation – is simply an ‘awareness.’ [Part 3]

meditation is awareness by the Urban Monk

It was time to be back in Canada and I decided to incorporate my Buddhist experience in everyday life and continue as a layman practitioner.   5th definition and current one: meditation is a … [Read more...]

Stressed Out at Work? 15-minute Buddhist Meditation to Rescue

Buddhist Meditation at Work

  Jane Stevens (Los Angeles Times ) wrote that many companies are embracing the at-work meditation sessions that “make for happier employees, increased productivity – even higher profits.” … [Read more...]

FREE 10-day Buddhist Meditation Retreat – Vipassana [Review]

Vipassana - Insight Meditation - Buddhist Meditation Techniques

  A personal review of  the FREE - 10 Day Buddhist Meditation Retreat - Vipassana as taught by S.N.Goenka. Vipassana (Insight Meditation) is an ancient Buddhist meditation … [Read more...]