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FILTER RESULTS ►Dharma Connect: Bodhi-Buddin
When the Buddhist path becomes a template for bypassing it becomes essential to loosen its tight grasp as an absolute illusion catering to a ”save one//save all” salvation & notice it as an alternative approach, flowing toward some wholesome realness at its best. There seems to be an epidemic going on where in our access to availability &
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Dharma Connect: A Compassion Recession?
As the recession drags on in European Union countries and austerity measures affect more and more people, the newly poor aren't finding sympathy but are being blamed. Rather than feeling sympathy (or empathy) for others, people are trapped...Show More Summary
If You Meet the Buddha on the Street
Last Friday, May 17th, was celebrated as the Buddha’s Birthday by many dharma followers around the world. It’s known as Vesak, which refers to the lunar month falling in April and May, and is actually a celebration of not only the Buddha’s birth, but also his enlightenment and death. Show More Summary
Kill the Teacher
I often advise people who seem genuinely interested in Buddhism to find a dharma teacher. By this I don't mean that one must make a lifelong commitment to a guru (unless you want to, of course). Even if you only participate in an occasional short retreat led by a teacher, and practice solo most of the time, the short retreats can make a huge difference.... Read Full Post
Politics, Dharma, and Equanimity: Going beyond right, left, red, and blue
By Suzanne Harvey It’s hard to know which was more surprising: that I would run for political office at all—and then win—or that I would become a Buddhist. Politics happened first… or maybe not. A recent return visit to the New Hampshire State House served to remind me that I’ve put dharma teachings to work [...]
Baby's First Dharma Book
Every day, my high school art teacher would walk around the classroom to inspect each student’s progress on their project—but mostly to make sure people weren’t goofing off. I never goofed off. I was there to make art—and to escape from my problems for forty minutes, digging all my anger and fear into the grooves of the paper with each cray-pas stroke.
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Q&A: Dharma Mittra talks about aging, fear, and more
On the eve of this 74th birthday, yoga luminary Dharma Mittra answers big questions about yoga and life.
Dharma Connect: Metta Gets On Your Vagus Nerve
A new study finds that lovingkindness meditation makes your vagus nerve more responsive. That's meaningful because it is involved in cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and immune responses.
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Dharma Connect: Uphigh//Inbrite
A tale told by one of my teachers Karen Salmonsahn,who put this slide from her book Enough Damnit during a recent webinar presentation I took this morning.
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The Mind-Body Connection and the “Emotional Rollercoaster”
The relationship between the mind and the body is a fundamental part of Dharma practice. As Anyen Rinpoche, founder of the Orgyen Khamdroling Dharma Center, explains, reflecting on the mind-body connection through mindfulness and self-discernment can help ground you and reconnect you in your own practice—which we all can use from time to time. Click here to [...]
Dharma Connect: Military Sexual Assault & Ethics
Democracy Now covered a story this week revealed by a Pentagon Report that indicates approximately 26,000 military sexual assaults occurred last year- roughly 70 per day, an increase of 35% from the previous year (19,000). While the numbers may be difficult to verify, due to the r
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Dharma Connect: Another Meditator Goes to Congress
Mark Sanford, who on Tuesday was elected to Congress by South Carolina voters, reveals he turned to meditation after the spectacular implosion of his political career as governor of that state after the revelation of his trip to Argentina in pursuit of a woman while he told his wife and staff that he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
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Interview | Dharma Mittra | Aging Gracefully: Contentment, Overcoming Fear & More
Dharma Mittra‘s 74th birthday is on May 14th! In this previously unpublished interview between Sri Dharma and Adam Frei—the Program Manager & Director of Dharma Yoga “Life of a Yogi” Training Programs—Dharma discusses how he deals with getting older, fear …
Flower Dharma
Butterflies drink deep of the Flowers, and the dragonflies Dipping the surface of the Water again and again. I cry out to the Spring wind, And the light and the passing hours, We enjoy life such a little While, why should men cross each other? - Tu Fu (translated by Kenneth Rexroth) In Southern California, we have flowers all year long. Show More Summary
Dharma Connect: How to Rap Consciously
People consider conscious rap now, in hip-hop circles, to feel condescending or feel like not a part of the mainstream. So the challenge for me is, "How do I be as good or better than these rappers out here?" and "How do I stay relevant with my music still being considered conscious?" -- Talib Kweli
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You’re invited: Join Well+Good and Wanderlust for the launch of our yoga poster
Every yoga poster deserves a launch party (that’s what Dharma Mittra, the granddaddy of the yoga poster told us), so we’re throwing one and you’re invited!
Dharma Detective: Is Your Yoga Teacher Faking Twitter Popularity?
Dharma Detective, here. Your one and only source into the superficial lives of yoga’s so-called elite. Today we expose the seedy, tweety underbelly of Twitter’s yoga community. Hold onto your birds, it’s going to be a bumpy flight. They spout love and light, truth and clarity, quotations worthy of a [...]Show More Summary
Dharma (Dis)Connect: Taking Mindfulness Out of School
Lots of schools are using mindfulness meditation to help students improve their focus and ease stress. There's both empirical and anecdotal evidence that it works. But one Ohio school system is moving the other way, dropping mindfulness instruction due to parents' objections.
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Dharma Connect Poem: Thanks by W.S. Merwin
I've been struck lately by how much gratitude and connection I've felt when faced with tough things. I'm a therapist, who works with kids and teens, and while I work with issues of sexual abuse every day, I've had a host of really horrific and shocking cases lately. Show More Summary
John Cage & the Heart Sutra
Last week I attended my first ' weekthun,' or weeklong meditation retreat in the Shambhala tradition. In order to honor the silent aspect of the retreat, I attempted to read only dharma books. read more
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