By Miles Neale
Here are some recommendations from contemplative psychotherapy for working with transgressions by or painful break with a spiritual teacher.
Read on tricycle.org
CLEAR ALL
You may not consider how to befriend yourself in meditation, but when you shift your mindset, you can develop a friendly and compassionate approach to the practice. Try the following five practices and approaches to meditation.
1
Thubten Chodron on how to develop bodhichitta, the aspiration to attain buddhahood in order to benefit others.
This month we have an interview with Bhikkhu Anālayo, probably best known to students of Dhamma in the West for his 2004 book, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, which has since become a touchstone modern interpretation of that key sutta.
Grounded in our formal practice of meditation, we can relax into the vast, open awareness that is our ultimate nature. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche tells the story of his own introduction to the Great Perfection.
Stressing the body makes you stronger—as long as you have time to rest and recover.
Meditation is very handy for adapting to challenging situations.
Meditation isn't very hard. In fact: if you can breathe, you can meditate. Learn how to meditate, as taught by the Buddha, with our easy-to-follow guide.
2
The ancient Eastern religion is helping Westerners with very modern mental-health problems.
New to Buddhism or meditation? Then you probably have a lot of questions — and here you’ll find helpful answers, by way of articles from Lion’s Roar and Buddhadharma.
Scientists now have more evidence than ever before revealing the intimate, intertwined relationship between the mind and body.
4