Buddhist Psychology Guides

Brain Control of Sleeping and Dreaming States | An Excerpt from Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience

Brain Control of Sleeping and Dreaming States | An Excerpt from Where Buddhism Meets Neuroscience

The Science of Sleep Allan Hobson, MD Neuroscience and Tibetan Buddhism have both devoted a great deal of attention to sleep and dream states, and there is a clear overlap of interests in this area. In fact, the topic generated so much interest on both sides that it was to become the focus of the
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Free Download | A Plan for Happiness from Radically Happy

Free Download | A Plan for Happiness from Radically Happy

Radically Happy: A User’s Guide to the Mind ENTER YOUR EMAIL TO RECEIVE TWO PLANS FOR HAPPINESS AND THE FIRST CHAPTER OF RADICALLY HAPPY AS A PRINTABLE PDF. Spending time with someone you love, laughing at a funny story, eating your favorite food—we experience happiness in many different ways, but maintaining that feeling can often be
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Two Bonus Exercises from Radically Happy

Two Bonus Exercises from Radically Happy

Using Every Activity to Support the Present Moment We are excited to share two bonus meditation and mindfulness exercises with you created by Phakchok Rinpoche and Erric Solomon, the authors of Radically Happy. Exercise 1 Walking Meditation Begin by standing in a natural position, eyes open, facing whichever direction you are about to travel in. Keep
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Meditation and the Hindrances | An Excerpt from The Five Hurdles to Happiness

Meditation and the Hindrances | An Excerpt from The Five Hurdles to Happiness

How the Hindrances Have Us over the Barrel of Our Monkey Minds OPENING INQUIRY Are you willing to step onto the path of meditation and its hindrance-laden twists and turns and do so with the right intentions and with the necessary knowledge to guide your steps? Act now! Limited time offer! Can your health and well-being
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Buddhist Mind Training | An Excerpt from Stop Biting the Tail You’re Chasing

Buddhist Mind Training | An Excerpt from Stop Biting the Tail You’re Chasing

Bodhichitta and Lojong The renowned Buddhist master Jowo Je Atisha (982–1054) was a sage from India known for bringing the extremely pure Kadampa lineage of Buddhism from India to Tibet nearly one thousand years ago. One thing that made Atisha such a unique and renowned master is that he took the teachings on bodhichitta (Skt.
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From Fire to Mud | A Journey Through the California Fires

From Fire to Mud | A Journey Through the California Fires

The Lotus of Mutual Belonging by Radhule Weininger, author of Heartwork “If the world is to be healed through human effort, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for life is even greater than their fear. People who can open to the web that called us into being.”—Joanna Macy The
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Being Human | An Excerpt from Zen in the Age of Anxiety

Being Human | An Excerpt from Zen in the Age of Anxiety

Wisdom for Navigating Our Modern Lives I can’t get no satisfaction ’Cause I try and I try and I try and I try I can’t get no, I can’t get no Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones’s first big hit in the United States was “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and is
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