Explore Buddhist Meditation
online courses
Get support and guidance from an experienced meditation teacher when you take an online meditation course.
Experience the convenience of learning meditation at home, with 24/7 access.
Develop greater peace of mind with the help of our online readings and MP3 meditations.
Next courses start October 6th.
the open circle
...offers ongoing support for your practice. The Open Circle is an ongoing online discussion forum devoted to exploring Buddhist teachings and applying them to daily life.
Part on-line book club, part Buddhism course, Open Circle provides an opportunity to explore key Buddhist concepts with like-minded people.
meditation guides
Teach yourself meditation with our step-by-step guides to classic Buddhist meditation practices
applied meditation
Learn how meditation can be applied in your life
what is meditation?
The term meditation covers many different techniques that help cultivate qualities such as calmness, relaxation, concentration, lovingkindness, and insight
In meditation we focus on an object such as the breath, emotions, sounds, visualized images, etc. Click to read more »
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A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
Mindful politics
Lying-down meditation
The health benefits of incense
Cultivation
Meditation and the brain
Medical News Today: Data from a new study suggests that individuals who engage in compassion meditation may benefit by reductions in inf lammatory and behavioral responses to stress that have been linked to depression and a number of medical illnesses. …
Kake.com: The Army is trying something new to help treat soldiers with post traumatic stress syndrome. Soldiers are using Warrior Mind Training, a technique aimed at improving concentration and relaxation that’s been used for more than a thousand years. In …
USA Today: Face it. Your brain is dirtied with deadlines, sullied with schedules and clogged with responsibilities. You need a psychic bath. It’s time to manage what meditation experts call your “monkey mind”—the modern brain that jumps from thought to …
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
You should meditate if…
The ethical obligation to wake up
Interdependence at the micro-level: intersubjectivity
How do mudras affect meditation?…
Washington Post: Elin Danien quietly listens to a meditation tape, eyes closed, as the radioactive tracer is injected into her IV, freezing a picture of the blood flow in her brain. As a research associate at the University of Pennsylvania …
Life as a battle is a common metaphor — even in Buddhist teachings. Bodhipaksa shows how the Buddha subverted the language of violence so that the true victory was to …
The archetype of warriorhood, if taken literally, can antithetical to the Buddhist path of peace. Taken as a metaphor for inner change, however, it can represent the inner struggle required in spiritual practice. …
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
Vipassana meditation
Neural correlates of Zen meditation
The Finer Points of Map Based Practice
Science of Happiness
Words for Milo
Sitting Together in Silence
way …
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche was a charismatic, brilliant teacher whose drinking and sexual dalliances left a problematic legacy. Suriyavamsa reviews a new book that appreciates Trungpa’s monumental contribution to western Buddhism but …
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