Feb 29, 2020
It is so easy to get entangled with the pressures of work, family dramas, relationship issues etc. The body and mind are finely tuned to handle acute stress, but not the prolonged, daily stress we experience from these emotional entanglements. How then do we follow the Buddha’s advice, “Don’t get entangled with...
Feb 22, 2020
The ancient meditation known as the ‘the magical practice of taking and giving’ is a profound method to:
- transform our suffering into a tool to help others
- purify our negative karma
- make our mind strong and resilient
- develop universal compassion
- eventually attain enlightenment
In this episode, we learn how...
Feb 15, 2020
This episode is devoted to the meditation of loving-kindness, a profound method to develop love for all living beings. It creates immeasurable good karma, diminishes ill will toward others and creates the cause of our own enlightenment. Scientific research has also been done on the results of people practicing this...
Feb 8, 2020
To bring more joy and lessen the stress in our lives, we can turn to the practice of kindfulness. Mindfulness, the conscious awareness of our thoughts and intentions, tuned into ways to be kind to others is ‘kindfulness.’ First coined by the monk Ajahn Brahm, kindfulness is a gentle way to more align our life with...
Feb 2, 2020
For many, the practice of contentment is a completely new idea. Learning, practicing and becoming good at contentment means we come to enjoy our life more and more. In this episode we discover how to practice contentment with ourselves, other people, and our life.