Just Listen: Why Listening is the Most Radical Act
When we think we already know what there is to hear, we are simply moving a little too fast to really listen—That's where meditation...
When we think we already know what there is to hear, we are simply moving a little too fast to really listen—That's where meditation...
On January 21st women from around the globe connected with one another on a massive scale in peaceful resistance at women’s marches across the...
Elisha Goldstein from Mindful talks to Mirabai Bush about how practicing mindfulness at work can make the most of our day. Most of us spend the...
Live from ABC Deepak Homebase; Duncan Trussell hosts an evening of Comedy and Consciousness. Duncan Trussell, Chris Grosso, Raghu Markus, and the "Western Lama," Lama Surya...
So many aspects of the Buddha’s teachings with regard to the nature of suffering and the possibility of freedom resonate with our own common-sense...
I want to speak about how the mind creates the concept of self, even the felt sense of self, how does that happen if...
The deepest conditioning we have, the deepest habit of mind, and the root cause of so much suffering in the world is the attachment...
The first part of the dying process is exactly the same as the near death experience. There’s a great deal of literature about the...
One of the main focuses of the Living/Dying project is working with the individual’s fear of death, but there’s also our collective fear of...
The work that the Living/Dying project does is both supporting people who are working with life-threatening illness and those who are caring for them....
"When I think of fearlessness I actually think that what we need to learn is how to be afraid, how to sit and accommodate...
A dialogue on fear and love between Jack Kornfield and Catherine Ingram. Jack Kornfield: ...In the Buddhist teaching, one of the phrases for the sense...
Question: It’s been said that the only thing to fear is fear itself; that fear holds us back from fulfilling our true purpose -...
"One of the preoccupations of people throughout all times and all cultures has been to find that which is sacred, which is transcendental, which...
Neem Karoli Baba didn’t come bodily to America. Instead, he sent his emissary, Ram Dass. Many of us found our way to Maharajji because of...
It seems that one of the essential initiations for Westerners in India was taking at least one Vipassana meditation course, taught by S.N. Goenka....
In February ’72, I heard people were going to Allahabad to see Maharajji. All the Westerners who got off at the train station were...
I managed to get over to India by November of 1970, just as I turned twenty-five. Ram Dass didn’t know where Maharajji was when...
I was recovering from hepatitis, living in the temple with Maharajji. One day I didn’t feel good, so I stayed in my room all...
A mantra is something that protects the mind from itself, really, by giving it some fodder other than the thinking process. The word “mantra” means...
"The Jewel in the Lotus is the translation of the universal compassion mantra Om Mani Padme Hum.” While it has many meanings, one explanation of...
Chanting (Kirtan) is a part of the path of Devotional Yoga. When we see the beauty of our own being we are seeing the beauty...
Q: I hear a lot about chanting in Buddhist meditation centers and elsewhere these days. What is the purpose of chant, mantra, and sacred...
"The use of mantra or the repetition of certain phrases in Pali is an extremely common form of meditation in the Theravada tradition. Simple...
Munindra-ji used to say that in spiritual practice, time is not a factor. Practice cannot be measured in time, so let go of the...
We all know our humanity all too well. That is why we put the focus on recognizing that part of us that isn’t in...
We do not always view compassion and loving-kindness as the strengths they are. They are often viewed as secondary virtues—at best—in our competitive culture:...
From the perspective of Buddhist psychology, compassion is natural. It derives from our interconnection, which Buddhism calls “interdependence.” This can be readily seen in...
'Compassion, Truth and Adversity' with Ram Dass and Sharon Salzberg
The recent recipient of the first Grammy-nominated kirtan album, an internationally televised performance at the ceremony, and the subject of the new documentary by...