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There are many different kinds of meditation practices. When we sit down and close our eyes, we could be doing any number of things, from visualizing a peaceful scene, to working on concentrating the mind, to cultivating a particular attitude of mind by repeating suggestive phrases. When we bring our attention to the sensations of [...]
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Read the full article...For me, meditation has always had a somewhat exotic flavor to it. When I first encountered a statue of the Buddha in a Japanese tea garden as a child, my mother told me he was contemplating his navel. Because I didn’t see what there was of interest to contemplate about a navel, I had no [...]
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Read the full article...In 1965, I picked up a copy of D.T. Suzuki’s Zen Buddhism and was stymied: just what did I have to know in order to get the right answers to those koans? That began an extended tour through the many realms of “Buddology”: reading lots of books about what the Buddha taught, about his ”philosophy” [...]
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Read the full article...A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
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