1. Freedom Fighter | An Excerpt from The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi

    Freedom Fighter | An Excerpt from The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi
    British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist Nun She was the first Western woman to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun—but that pioneering ordination was really just one in a life full of revolutionary acts. Freda Bedi (1911–1977) broke the rules of gender, race, and religion—in many cases before it was thought that the rules were ready to [...]
  2. The Past | An Excerpt from Integral Buddhism

    The Past | An Excerpt from Integral Buddhism
    Historical Introduction The Unique Features of Buddhism Buddhism is a unique spiritual system in many ways, while also sharing some fundamental similarities with the other Great Wisdom Traditions of humankind. But perhaps one of the most unique features is its understanding, in some schools, that its own system is evolving or developing. This is generally [...]
  3. The Anatomy of a Common Tibetan Ritual | An Excerpt from Indestructible Truth

    The Anatomy of a Common Tibetan Ritual | An Excerpt from Indestructible Truth
    The Anatomy of a Common Tibetan Ritual: The Lhasang The lhasang—literally ‘‘higher purification offering,’’ which may be glossed as ‘‘invocation of the higher beings’’—is one of the most common rituals in traditional Tibet. While some rituals are performed strictly for temporal ends and others for spiritual ends, the lhasang is interesting because it is performed [...]
  4. The Essence of Wisdom | An Excerpt from Beyond the Ordinary Mind

    The Essence of Wisdom | An Excerpt from Beyond the Ordinary Mind
    The Essence of Wisdom: How to Sustain the Face of Rigpa by Jamgön Mipham To the glorious primordial protector, I pay homage! There are three stages to sustaining the essence of rigpa: (1) recognition, (2) perfecting the strength, and (3) gaining stability. At first, refine your understanding until, through the guru’s instructions, you come to see [...]
  5. Meditation Looks Inward, Poetry Holds Forth | An Excerpt from Hard to Be a Saint in the City

    Meditation Looks Inward, Poetry Holds Forth | An Excerpt from Hard to Be a Saint in the City
    We have excerpted part of the chapter “Meditation Looks Inward, Poetry Holds Forth: Is There a Beat Way of Writing?” from Hard to Be a Saint in the City: The Spiritual Vision of the Beats here. In this book, Robert Inchausti explores the Beat canon to reveal that the movement was at its heart a spiritual one. [...]
  6. This Deepest Self | An Excerpt from The Truth of This Life

    This Deepest Self | An Excerpt from The Truth of This Life
    We have excerpted the chapter “This Deepest Self” from The Truth of This Life: Zen Teachings on Loving the World as It Is here. “The truth and joy of this life is that we cannot change things as they are.” The import of those words can be found beautifully expressed in the work of the woman who spoke [...]
  7. The Most Popular Posts from the Yoga for Healthy Aging Blog

    The Most Popular Posts from the Yoga for Healthy Aging Blog
    by Nina Zolotow, author of Yoga for Healthy Aging Because the sixth anniversary of the Yoga for Healthy Aging blog is coming up next week, I thought I’d check to see what our nine most popular—or at least most viewed—posts were over all time. (Nine seems like a random number but for some reason that’s [...]
  8. Offering Realization | An Excerpt from The Supreme Siddhi of Mahamudra

    Offering Realization | An Excerpt from The Supreme Siddhi of Mahamudra
    We have excerpted the chapter “Offering Realization: In the Presence of Pagmo Drupa” from The Supreme Siddhi of Mahamudra: Teachings, Poems, and Songs of the Drukpa Kagyu Lineage here. The Drukpa Kagyu lineage is renowned among the traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism for producing some of the greatest yogis from across the Himalayas. After spending many years [...]
  9. Impermanence | An Excerpt from Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind

    Impermanence | An Excerpt from Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind
    We have excerpted the chapter “Impermanence” from Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind: The Trilogy of Rest, Volume 1 here. Written in the fourteenth century, this text is the first volume of Longchenpa’s Trilogy of Rest, a work of the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition. This profound and comprehensive presentation of the Buddhist view and path combines [...]
  10. Salamba Prasarita Padottanasana | An Excerpt from Restore & Rebalance

    Salamba Prasarita Padottanasana | An Excerpt from Restore & Rebalance
    We have excerpted the chapter “Salamba Prasarita Padottanasana: Supported Wide-Legged Forward Bend” from Restore and Rebalance by Judith Hanson Lasater. This chapter describes how to complete the Salamba Prasarita Padottanasana or Supported Wide-Legged Forward Bend pose. Click here to read  “Salamba Prasarita Padottanasana: Supported Wide-Legged Forward Bend” from Restore and Rebalance Related Books Restore and Rebalance$21.95 - [...]

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