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A Buddhist’s Guide to Safe Sex
A Buddhist’s Guide to Safe Sex In our capacity as Buddhist teachers we are sometimes asked questions regarding the role of sex in Buddhist practice. In the last few months, we have also received...
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What Science Can Tell Us about How Mindfulness Actually Works
What Science Can Tell Us about How Mindfulness Actually Works Throughout recent decades there have been increasing attempts by scientists to understand how mindfulness actually works. However, because...
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The Heart of Buddhism: Liberation through Emptiness
The Heart of Buddhism: Liberation through Emptiness As we have discussed in a number of posts on this blog, emptiness (Pāli: suññatā, Sanskrit: śūnyatā) is a fundamental Buddhist teaching that refers...
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Can a Person Attain Enlightenment Just by Practicing Mindfulness?
Can a Person Attain Enlightenment Just by Practicing Mindfulness? The answer to the question of whether a person can attain enlightenment by only practicing mindfulness (obviously) depends on what...
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Do You Know Who I Am?
Do You Know Who I Am? I am not interested in where you have been or what you have done. I care not who you are, but I care deeply how you are. If you are happy – truly happy – then so am I. Do you know...
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The Seat of Self and Consciousness in the Brain: A Buddhist Perspective
The Seat of Self and Consciousness in the Brain: A Buddhist Perspective In recent decades there have been major advances in scientific understanding of the human brain. To a large extent these advances...
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The Hidden Aspects of the Five Precepts
The Hidden Aspects of the Five Precepts The five precepts (Pāli: pañca-sīlāni) provide a basic code for living a life that is in-keeping with Buddhist ethical ideals. They are recited by lay and...
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Fearlessness on the Path of Meditation
Fearlessness on the Path of Meditation Some people are of the view that in order to enter the spiritual path one has to forget about the world and everything we know. However, rather than forgetting...
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For mindful teaching of mindfulness – The Psychologist
This letter was written by colleagues in response to my recent interview with Jon Kabat-Zinn. The letter has just been published in The Psychologist. For mindful teaching of mindfulness – The...
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Just a Thought
Just a Thought The term ‘thought’ is widely used in contemporary society. For example, most people probably don’t go for more than a day or two before they say or hear an expression such as ‘I’ve just...
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Should a Buddhist Eat Meat?
Should a Buddhist Eat Meat? We never cease to be amazed by the number of non-Buddhist individuals that we encounter who believe that abstaining from eating meat is a prerequisite for being a...
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“Keeping Your Shit Together”: A Perspective on the Buddhist Middle-Way Approach
“Keeping Your Shit Together”: A Perspective on the Buddhist Middle-Way Approach Some people like fast cars, some people like fine dining, and some people like expensive clothes. Some people are partial...
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Calling a Spade a Spade: The Need for Authentic Meditation Teachers
Calling a Spade a Spade: The Need for Authentic Meditation Teachers Some time ago, we uploaded a post that featured a vajragiti that we wrote called ‘Hearken to the Dharma’. A vajragiti is a type of...
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Thupten Jingpa on Compassion and Mindfulness
Thupten Jingpa on Compassion and Mindfulness We recently had the pleasure of talking with Thupten Jingpa, who has been the principal English translator of the Dalia Lama for the past 30 years. The...
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What are the Active Ingredients of Mindfulness-based Intervention?
What are the Active Ingredients of Mindfulness-based Intervention? Mindfulness-based interventions typically comprise numerous elements, including some or all of the following: guided mindfulness...
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Does Mindfulness Work?
Does Mindfulness Work? We were recently invited to write a paper for the British Medical Journal that discusses the treatment efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions. The paper has just been...
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Before Time Goes By
Before Time Goes By Clicca qui per l’Italiano Growing and play Adventure each day The joys of childhood But time goes by … Education and training Ignorance waning The value of knowledge But time goes...
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Behind the Times: Viewing the Present from the Past
Behind the Times: Viewing the Present from the Past When astronomers estimate the distance between earth and another astrological entity, they often talk in terms of light years. For example, the Alpha...
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Is Buddhism One or Many?
Is Buddhism One or Many? In our experience, most individuals who assert that ‘Buddhism is one’ are generally not well informed or are secret (or in some cases open) advocates of ‘hippyism’!...
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A Big Pair of Dharma Balls
A Big Pair of Dharma Balls Today, perhaps more than ever before, it is easy to be drawn into what we call the cycle of soap-opera living. Soap-opera living is, unfortunately, rather common. A person...
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