Early morning, just before sunrise, like about 4 am. It is called brahmamuhurtam in the Hindu tradition. That's usually when the world quietest,...
I think that oneness is the highest prayer. Ramana maharshi said that to truly pray or remember the Divine is to be the Divine.
I love sinfest. I've started at the beginning and am working my way up, so i haven't got to the lil Buddha yet.
This is equally valid a path. The Bhagavatam tells us akAmah sarvakAmo vA mokshakAma udAradhIh | tIvreNa bhaktiyogena yajeta purusham param ||...
Yes please. Also, what's that cute little buddha type toon in your sig?
As your mind becomes quiet, as the pain rises, watch the pain. Observe it carefully, but objectively. Now ask yourself this question: Who is...
Keep practicing. Maybe choose a more alert sitting position when you practice. The mind used to either being noisy or falling asleep. So the...
You often troubled me. I love you for it.
A very deep teaching on prayer by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3870733554401994670
Beautiful... Gibran was a rishi.
Prayer is tuning your mind to God. When you pray, don't ask for anything. Because by asking for things, you make God the means and the things your...
Of course. From the body level, or the interpersonal level, nobody, not even the Buddha or Krishna or Christ was perfect. The body and the mind by...
I agree that its so easy to get lost in words. And I'm sorry if I came on strong, I didn't mean you in particular in reference to tradition...
Sorry if I misunderstood you, but... ... to me, that sounds a lot like thinking I'm perfect.Suppression is always a horrible thing and no...
I have no problem with non-traditional approaches, but I do have a problem with the surprisingly large number of non-traditionalists who feel the...
Yes. Accepting your failures. You recognize them as failures and do better the next time. That's trying to grow. That's what I'm talking about....
So a serial killer should just accept himself? Pedophiles should love and accept their tendencies and not make any effort to change or heal...
Always ask the question, "Who is feeling this?" Seek the elusive I behind all that you seem to be.
Always bring your attention back to the feeler who feels all feelings, the thinker who thinks all thoughts, the I behind all the concepts of...
Practice what you like. Why knock someone else's practice? A lot of people have found monkhood and ascetic life the way for them. And if it...
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