Awareness Test
Test your powers of observation with these fun videos…
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The Buddha on Right Speech – ancient wisdom for modern times
She is a lover of harmony and speaks so as to bring about harmony…
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Taming the Tyranny of the Busy Mind
Years of practice got me to the cushion. After I got there, I remembered why…
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Be as still as a mountain
Tai Chi – meditation within movement – is the most poetic of martial arts – try this simple exercise…
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Focusing
Focusing gets under habitual mental, emotional or psychological processes and brings us to a deeper level…
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The Flame of Total Attention – Ilie Cioara
Mind is completely silent, we are attentive – clear consciousness, All meanings, boundaries disappear…
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People Watching
Maybe the Zen we seek is right there in front of us all the time…In the beautiful movement of a sea of people…
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The Silence of the Mind – Living in the Moment
Ilie Cioara describes the practice of “Self-knowing” using all-encompassing Attention.
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The River of Timelessness
“What would it be like to have a fresh mind and heart?”
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Nothing and No-one
Solitude and Silence: “What a lovely surprise to discover how un-lonely being alone can be.”
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Journey to the Edge of My Mind
“May your Buddha Nature illuminate all your moments, especially the foggy ones…”
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God in Drag
“…we are conscious intelligence manifest in a thousand different configurations…”
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A Gift from the Setting Sun
When the sun had set, I sensed that something strange had happened. Something wasn’t there, something was missing…
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To Become a Teacher
“I discovered why the universe wanted me to be a teacher…the day I broke my toe…”
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The Zen Traffic Warrior
“I used to be pushing and pushing to get ahead… but now I am like the Zen Warrior… It’s a completely calm existence…”
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Planting Seeds
Teaching Art to excluded teenagers takes calm and careful nurturing of the tiny seeds of mutual trust and respect…
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Five Seconds of Zen
Five Seconds of Zen: Being One with Water
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The Awakening
There comes a time when you finally get it… Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on.
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The Art of Listening
The true listener is much more beloved, magnetic than the talker, is more effective and does more good.
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The Grass-is-Greener
“Nothing happens next. This is it.”
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No Difference
“…no difference between us except degrees…”
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