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Zen Basics
Posted 2011-01-24 00:11 by john

* The word Zen is the Japanese version of the Chinese Ch’an, which in turn is the Chinese version of the Sanskrit dhyana, which means meditation. Zen is...

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Buddhism, consciousness, enlightenment, Zen

Buddhism – A Basic Overview
Posted 2011-01-23 23:58 by john
* The Buddhist tradition as we know it has its origin in the life and teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha, born Siddartha Gautama, some 2500 years ago in northern India, in what is now Nepal. Buddha literally means awakened one.
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Buddhism, enlightenment, meditation

The Yoga of Mind
Posted 2010-11-09 16:41 by john

The following is a handout for the Global Dharma study program:

                              The Yoga of Mind

The Yoga of Mind is a name I use to describe an approach to mental training found in various forms in many Asian spiritual lineages. In this approach the practitioner directs the attention inward to explore the subjective source of consciousness and awareness.  

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Buddhism, consciousness, enlightenment, Hinduism, meditation, Taoism, yoga
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