The Four Noble Truths of intimate relationships

http://www.wildmind.org/blogs/on-practice/the-four-noble-truths-of-intimate-relationships

The Four Noble Truths of intimate relationships

December 21, 2015 

 Bodhipaksa

Because the Buddha was a celibate monk, there can be a tendency for us to see intimate relationships as a distraction or hindrance to the spiritual life. But the Buddha himself described marriage as potentially a source of great happiness.

Mindfulness: Helping Youth Learn to Feel Emotions and Choose Their Behavior

http://youthtoday.org/2015/11/mindfulness-helping-youth-learn-to-feel-emotions-and-choose-their-behavior/

Mindfulness: Helping Youth Learn to Feel Emotions and Choose Their Behavior

By Lynne Anderson

Holistic Life Foundation instructors Michelle Lee (left) and Jazmine Blackwell lead students through an exercise during an after-school yoga and meditation program at Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School. The instructors told the girls to pull the "weight of the room" toward them and push it back away from them.

5 Common Myths About Meditation

http://imprific.com/blog/@budkowski/5-common-myths-about-meditation/

5 Common Myths About Meditation

by Maciej Budkowski

e.Bayda: The three things we fear most

The Three Things we Fear Most

http://www.zencentersandiego.org/files/articles/tricycle2009spring_fear.pdf

Tricylce : Meditating with emotions

http://www.tricycle.com/practice/meditating-emotions

Meditating with Emotions

Drop the story and find the feeling.Pema Chödrön

We all have emotional experiences that feel terrifying, and in order to experience our natural state, we have to be willing to experience these emotions—to actually experience our ego and our ego clinging. This may feel disturbing and negative, or even insane. Most of us, consciously or unconsciously, would like meditation to be a chill-out session where we don’t have to relate to unpleasantness. Actually, a lot of people have the misunderstanding that this is what meditation is about. They believe meditation includes everything except that which feels bad. And if something does feel bad, you’re supposed to label it “thinking” and shove it away or hit it on the head with a mallet. When you feel even the slightest hint of panic that you’re about to feel or experience something unpleasant, you use the label “thinking” as a way to repress it, and you rush back to the object of meditation, hoping that you never have to go into this uncomfortable place.

http://www.tricycle.com/practice/meditating-emotions

12 Life Tips From The Amazing Pema Chödrön!

http://launchyourgenius.com/2014/02/11/12-life-tips-from-the-amazing-pema-chodron/

12 Life Tips From The Amazing Pema Chödrön!

Our desire for passion

http://zennist.typepad.com/zenfiles/2015/08/our-desire-for-passion.html

AUGUST 10, 2015

Our desire for passion

The first noble or aryan truth (satya) is suffering.  The first noble truth is also the Five Aggregates (skandhas) consisting of corporeality, feeling, perception, volitional formations and sensory consciousness which, incidentally, are said to be previous karma according to the Buddha.

What did the Buddha really mean by “mindfulness?”

http://sgforums.com/forums/1728/topics/489246

What did the Buddha really mean by “mindfulness?” B. Alan Wallace describes how misunderstanding the term can have implications for your practice.

B. Alan Wallace tricycle

Buddhist scholar and teacher B. Alan Wallace is a prolific author and translator of Buddhist texts. With a B.A. in both physics and the philosophy of science from Amherst College and a Ph.D. in religious studies from Stanford University, he devotes much of his time combining his interests in the study of Buddhist philosophical and contemplative traditions and their relationship to modern science

How self-compassion is unseating self-esteem in building character

http://www.dentonrc.com/entertainment/entertainment-headlines/20150627-give-yourself-a-break.ece

How self-compassion is unseating self-esteem in building character

By Sophia Dembling

For the Dallas Morning News

Published: 27 June 2015 08:29 PM

Trycicle : On Not Being Stingy

http://www.tricycle.com/special-section/not-being-stingy

On Not Being Stingy

The Eighth Zen Precept is about more than emptying your pockets.

Sensei Nancy Mujo Baker

Lankaweb: OCD and Buddhist Psychotherapy

http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2015/06/22/ocd-and-buddhist-psychotherapy/

Lankaweb:

OCD and Buddhist Psychotherapy

Posted on June 22nd, 2015

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge M.D.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. The DSM-IV Text Revision defines OCD as the presence of recurrent obsessions and/or compulsions that interfere substantially with daily functioning (DSM IV TR; American Psychiatric Association 2000).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqUENu4o-fM

Trauma & Contemplative Practice: Mahayana Buddhism and Trauma

Harvard Divinity School

Published on Jun 22, 2015

Trauma & Contemplative Practice: Exploring the Territory took place at Harvard Divinity School on May 1–2, 2015.

Independent: Practice Mindfulness – says mental health charity

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/practice-mindfulness---says-mental-health-charity-10254799.html

Practice Mindfulness – says mental health charity

A mental health charity has suggested that mindfulness treatments should be more widely available on the NHS, after revealing the results of a new YouGov survey.

Tricycle: What's Ethics Got to Do with It? The misguided debate about mindfulness and morality

http://www.tricycle.com/blog/whats-ethics-got-do-it

May 14, 2015

What's Ethics Got to Do with It?

The misguided debate about mindfulness and moralityRichard K. Payne

As mindfuness has made greater inroads into public life—from hospitals, to schools, to the workplace—its growing distance from Buddhist thought and practice has become a hotly contested issue. Is mindfulness somehow deficient because it lacks Buddhist ethics, and should Buddhist ethics be replicated in mindfulness programs and workshops?

Nytimes: The Muddied Meaning of 'Mindfulness'

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/magazine/the-muddied-meaning-of-mindfulness.html?smid=fb-share

The Muddied Meaning of 'Mindfulness'

April 14, 2015, by Virginia Effernan

Patient Awareness

http://buddhismnow.com/2013/08/14/patient-awareness-by-corrado-pensa/

Patient Awareness, by Corrado Pensa

Posted on 14 August 2013 by Buddhism Now

There is this line in the gospel of Luke:
In your patience, you will own your heart. (1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bek7DCXtV8Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPddV5RSo50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43PsrJqnGZw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L5DHgStZdI

Dalai Lama - Opening the Eye of New Awareness - Audiobook 

Published on Jan 8, 2015

Dalai Lama - Opening the Eye of New Awareness - Audiobook (1 of 4)

Opening the Eye of New Awareness is a succinct, thorough overview of the doctrines of Buddhism as they have been practiced for a thousand years in Tibet. The Dalai Lama here discusses the need for religious practice and the importance of kindness and compassion. Originally written for Tibetan lay people, this was the Dalai Lama's first book on Buddhist philosophy to appear in English, and Prof. Lopez's new introduction places these teachings in their proper historical context. This is an invaluable handbook for both personal use and academic study of the Buddhist path.

"Written for both Tibetan and Western readers, Opening the Eye of New Awareness is the Dalai Lama's first religious work. It is not an edited transcript of public lectures, but is His Holliness' own summation of Buddhist doctrine and practice. Completed in 1963, just four years after his escape from Tibet and four years after completing his religious education, it is a work of consummate scholarship by a twenty-seven year-old geshe, wise beyond his years. Nowhere in his many subsequent works does one find a more clear and concise exposition of the essentials of Buddhist thought. Indeed, all of His Holinesss's many publications are in some sense commentaries on this first book."

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HH Dalai Lama: How to see yourself as you really are, 1-6, audiobook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rk-FtazWBM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDdLBgpfouU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYRBzsK4EG8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5n94NTPW6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAk2DZqBt60

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSaTUMO63Xg

HH Dalai Lama: How to see yourself as you really are, 1-6, audiobook

Published on Jan 9, 2015

Dalai Lama - How to See Yourself as You Really Are (1 of 6) Audio book

According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, we each possess the ability to achieve happiness and a meaningful life, but the key to realizing that goal is self-knowledge. In How to See Yourself As You Really Are, the world's foremost Buddhist leader and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize shows readers how to recognize and dispel misguided notions of self and embrace the world from a more realistic -- and loving -- perspective. Through illuminating explanations and step-by-step exercises, His Holiness helps readers to see the world as it actually exists, and explains how, through the interconnection of meditative concentration and love, true altruistic enlightenment is attained.

Enlivened by personal anecdotes and intimate accounts of the Dalai Lama's own life experiences, How to See Yourself As You Really Are is an inspirational and empowering guide that can be read and enjoyed by anyone seeking spiritual fulfillment.

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HH Dalai Lama : The Art of Happines, 1-3, audiobook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBHEmli4oNs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gutr2D2rJiY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7u7qmCz0MI

HH Dalai Lama : The Art of Happines, 1-3, audiobook

Published on Mar 15, 2015

Nearly every time you see him, he's laughing, or at least he's smiling. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, the Nobel Prize winner, and increasingly popular speaker and statesman. Why is he so popular? Even after spending just a few minutes in his presence you can't help feeling just a little bit happier.
The Dalai Lama is probably one of the only people in the world who if you ask him if he's happy, even though he's suffered the loss of his country, will give you an unconditional "yes." What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life, and that "the very motion of our life is towards happiness." How to get them has always been the question. He's tried to answer it before, but he's never had the help of a psychiatrist to get the message across in a context we can easily understand.
Through meditations, stories and the meeting of Buddhism and psychology, the Dalai Lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, or just an ordinary bad mood. He discusses relationships, health, family, work, and spirituality to show us how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace. Based on 2500 years of Buddhist meditations mixed with a healthy dose of common sense, The Art of Happiness is an audiobook that crosses the boundaries of all traditions to help listeners with the difficulties common to all human beings.
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Andrew Holecek - The Now and Future of Buddhism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUsNOKzEJ6E

Andrew Holecek - The Now and Future of Buddhism 

 Published on Feb 28, 2015

Andrew Holecek discusses 12 important considerations for the future of Buddhism.

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