This invitation appeared in my inbox the other day. It is a free online event that starts in October and features a number of highly respected teachers of meditation & mindfulness based approaches, including Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Jon Kabat- Zinn, Mark Williams, Tara Brach to name but a few. To find out more and …
As Hafiz says, “First, The fish needs to say, “Something ain’t right about this Camel ride – And I’m Feeling so damn Thirsty.” Most of us come to practice meditation for exactly what Hafiz points to in this poem. We get an inkling that something just isn’t right about our lives. We cannot exactly say …
I once met Roshi Philip Kapleau, the author of The Three Pillars of Zen. He was one of the first Westerners to go to Japan and do intense practice there. He was suffering from very advanced Parkinson’s disease and had terrible physical discomfort, along with the involuntary spasms that come from the disease. One thing …
Ajahn Chah (1919–1992) was admired for the way he demystified the Buddhist teachings, presenting them in a remarkably simple and down-to-earth style for people of any background. He was a major influence and spiritual mentor for a generation of American Buddhist teachers, including Jon Kabat-Zinn, Sharon Salzberg, and Jack Kornfield. Moreover, he was a master …
Success and sex can sell most things and the disciplines of meditation and mindfulness based practices are no exception. There is a lot of press concerning mindfulness nowadays, ostensibly concerned with the task of raising awareness, selling its therapeutic benefits and establishing its efficacy through scientific research. For any mindfulness or meditation teacher, myself included, …
This is a quite mesmerising interview with a Dutch Professor of Vascular Surgery turned mindfulness teacher who conveys with presence and humility his journey and search for meaning. It’s well worth making the time to have look at the video.