Mindfulness meditation heightens a listener's musical engagement
08/03/2013 11:37 (GMT+7)
EUGENE, OREGON (Jan. 30, 2013) - When De'Anthony Thomas returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, says University of Oregon researcher Frank Diaz, Thomas put Ducks fans into a heightened zone of engagement for watching the game, not unlike what was experienced by music students who were first exposed to a brief session of mindfulness meditation before hearing an opera passage.
Richard Gere: Buddhism is my life
06/03/2013 15:50 (GMT+7)
Los Angeles, CA (USA) -- Richard Gere says his Buddhist faith is at the centre of everything he does and every decision he makes in his life.

Unlikely Animal Friendships
22/02/2013 22:07 (GMT+7)
The leopard crept through the sugar cane on an October night in 2002, and found a cow tied in a field, the way villagers keep their livestock in this dusty farming community.
What Is Enlightenment?
22/02/2013 10:46 (GMT+7)
For many of us, enlightenment is an inspiring but distant goal. Joan Sutherland explores what enlightenment is and isn’t and how we can actually experience it in our everyday lives.

Putin Wishes Happy New Lunar Year to Russia's Buddhists
13/02/2013 10:12 (GMT+7)
MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) – President Vladmir Putin wished a happy New Lunar Year to Russia’s Buddhists on Monday, as they marked their main religious festival, the Kremlin reported on its website.
Young monks pitch new ways to teach old values
12/02/2013 11:29 (GMT+7)
Tokyo, Japan -- Put it down to good karma. More than 100 curious citizens applied over the Internet for the chance to feast on vegetarian fare at the table of Kakuho Aoe, chief monk of the Ryokusenji temple in Tokyo’s Asakusa district.

Application of Buddhist principles can help reduce stress and improve mental health
10/02/2013 13:28 (GMT+7)
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- With the rapid spread of Buddhism in the western United States, boosted by increased immigration from Asia, Americans should consider applying Buddhist principles to solve their everyday problems. Although Buddhism has two major sects - Theravada and Mahayana - both agree on the crux of Buddhist philosophy based on the Four Noble Truths (FNT), the Noble Eightfold Path (NEP), and the associated 12-factor formula of conditioned genesis (paticca samuppada).
South Korea ‘temple cuisine’ feeds body and soul
07/02/2013 10:59 (GMT+7)
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea -- A centuries-old tradition of Buddhist cuisine, with strict bars on foods linked to lust or anger, is enjoying a revival in South Korea, one of Asia's most high-stress societies.

Awareness THE KEY TO LIVING IN BALANCE
05/02/2013 09:43 (GMT+7)
Everyone has experienced moments of awakening when time seems to stop and you are suddenly aware of every movement, every sound, every thought. Awareness, says Osho, is the key to being self-directed, centered, and free in every aspect of our lives.
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh: only love can save us from climate change
03/02/2013 19:29 (GMT+7)
Leading spiritual teacher warns that if people cannot save themselves from their own suffering, how can they be expected to worry about the plight of Mother Earth

How to defeat lust within minutes
03/02/2013 12:59 (GMT+7)
Lust is a very common instinct. It is found in every living creature on earth. It is the primary cause for reproduction. As a superior race humans are sometimes obliged to control the sensation of lust. Uncontrolled lust wastes vital energy. This document will provide some quick ways to control it.
Words of Truth
02/02/2013 11:18 (GMT+7)
This prayer, Words of Truth, was composed by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, on 29 September 1960 at his temporary headquarters in the Swarg Ashram at Dharamsala, Kangra District, Himachal State, India. This prayer for restoring peace, the Buddhist teachings, and the culture and self-determina-tion of the Tibetan people in their homeland was written after repeated requests by Tibetan government officials along with the unanimous consensus of the monastic and lay communities.

Countering Stress and Depression
30/01/2013 11:45 (GMT+7)
A great Tibetan teacher of mind training once remarked that one of the mind’s most marvellous qualities is that it can be transformed. I have no doubt that those who attempt to transform their minds, overcome their disturbing emotions and achieve a sense of inner peace, will, over a period of time, notice a change in their mental attitudes and responses to people and events. Their minds will become more disciplined and positive. And I am sure they will find their own sense of happiness grow as they contribute to the greater happiness of others.
Social media guidelines for so-called Vajrayana students
22/01/2013 13:34 (GMT+7)
It’s important to maintain secrecy in the Vajrayana. The Vajrayana is called ‘the secret mantra yana’ because it is intended to be practiced in secrecy. It is not secret because there is something to hide, but in order to protect the practitioner from the pitfalls and downfalls that ego can bring to the practice.

Emotions : Bruised Ego
18/01/2013 11:47 (GMT+7)
Criticism of MotherRinpoche sent the following letter to a student who had written saying that her mother was criticized a lot, and what could she do to help her.
My first encounter with Buddhism at Tushita Meditation Centre
18/01/2013 10:58 (GMT+7)
Ruta Vilkaite, a volunteer journalist at the Tibet Post International, describes her ten-day stay at the Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamshala, northern India.

Questions of Faith: Knox Buddhism
17/01/2013 16:29 (GMT+7)
“Buddhism is all about mind training and controlling your mind. When I can remember to be mindful throughout the day, I’m applying it. I’ve already noticed a change in the many years I’ve been practicing Buddhism. Things don’t bother me as much,” Conant says.
How to Make Light Offerings to Accumulate the Most Extensive Merit
16/01/2013 12:31 (GMT+7)
It is said in the Ten Wheel Sutra of the Essence of Earth (Kshitigarbha): "All comfort, happiness and peace in this world are received by making offerings to the Rare Sublime Ones (the Triple Gem), therefore those who like to have comfort, happiness and peace always attempt to make offerings to the Rare Sublime Ones."

The True Nature of Life
15/01/2013 11:11 (GMT+7)
Advice on the Benefits of Prayer Wheels
14/01/2013 18:45 (GMT+7)
If someone with AIDS, cancer or some other disease meditated like this and every day, for as many hours as possible, there would definitely be some effect. I know quite a few people who have completely recovered from terminal cancer through meditation.

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