Mar 30, 2023
The very last words of the Buddha were 'appamadena sampadetha': with mindfulness strive on! Prajnamati reflects on those two last words, drawing out the qualities of mindfulness, as taught by the Buddha, and the quality of effort that will enable us to cultivate and develop it. This are teachings just as relevant to...
Mar 27, 2023
In this talk, Viveka explores the many, diverse faces of mindfulness practice - breaking down the ideological barriers that can so often divide when we try to figure out what, exactly, does constitute mindfulness meditation... With good humour and an emphasis on kindness in the present moment, she encourages us to...
Mar 23, 2023
A traditional exposition of Buddhist meditation looking at why we meditate; preparation for meditation; the five meditation practices designed to counteract the five mental poisons; and the three stages of meditation.
Excerpted from the talk Meditation: the Expanding Consciousness given in 1967 by Sangharakshita
Mar 20, 2023
Vajradevi
speaks to a large gathering of Order Members and Mitras Training
for Ordination under a big marque at the annual Great Gathering on
the theme of the Satipatthana Sutta.
Reflecting on the theme of the weekend Vajradevi said: "When we’re mindful and present to what’s happening – both ‘internally’...
Mar 16, 2023
Exploration by
Nagesvara
of the beginning of the Anapansati meditation practice, namely the
preliminaries and the breath.
"Here, gone to the forest to the root of a tree or to an empty hut, we sit down; folding our legs crosswise, keeping the body erect, and having established mindfulness to the fore, mindful,...