Leopard kills Indian Buddhist monk meditating in forest
Source: BBC News A monk meditating in a forest in the Indian state of Maharashtra has died in a leopard attack, officials say. Rahul Walke had been “meditating under […]
Meditation: All It Takes is 10 Mindful Minutes
Transcription of Ted Talk Translated by Joseph Geni Reviewed by Morton Bast 00:12 We live in an incredibly busy world. The pace of life is often frantic, our minds are […]
Spiritualism or Organized Religion?
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, the very first Muslim quarterly of North America: The Muslim Sunrise, Spring 2018 volume By Rabia Salim As a parent and now a teacher, a term that […]
Buddhism: My prayer experience
Source: The Muslim Sunrise; the longest running Islamic magazine since 1921: Muslim Sunrise Fall 2018 By Fazal Masood Malik On a warm Sunday afternoon, warm enough to be lazy, I sat […]
The Muslim Sunrise Publishes a New Volume about Prayers
Source: The Muslim Sunrise; the longest running Islamic magazine since 1921: Muslim Sunrise Fall 2018 Editorial by Mubasher Ahmad; Editor-in-Chief Prayer is universal and it never ceases to bear its significance […]
The Muslim Sunrise: Prayer and Meditation
Source: The Muslim Sunrise; the longest running Islamic magazine since 1921: Muslim Sunrise Fall 2018 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The word ‘course,’ […]
Does Thinking Burn Calories? Here’s What the Science Says
Source: Time By MARKHAM HEID You spent Sunday on the couch, skimming your social feeds and watching HGTV. Monday at work was a different story; your job involves creative problem solving […]
What Meditation Can—and Can’t—Do for Your Health
Source: Self You know you should meditate. You’ve probably had plenty of friends tell you so and seen plenty of headlines about the benefits of meditation. It makes you happier, […]
‘The retreat convinced me that contemplation can reproduce the effects of psychedelics, a claim I have long doubted’: a Buddhism critic’s retreat experience
A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat Source: Scientific American Something weird happens to a skeptical science writer during a week of meditation, chanting and skygazing By John Horgan on August […]
What you’re getting wrong about mindfulness
Source: BBC News By Jessica Brown Meditation has long shed its Buddhist roots to become a secular answer to all of our ills in the West, with numerous studies finding […]
Is mindfulness as helpful as we think?
Source: BBC News By Bruce Lieberman In late 1971, US Navy veteran Stephen Islas returned from Vietnam, but the war continued to rage in his head. “I came very close […]
Americans may not know it, but they’ve long been embracing Hindu philosophy
Source: Quartz WRITTEN BY Vasudha Narayanan Last week marked the death anniversary of Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru who brought transcendental meditation to the West in the sixties and became a […]
How Americans came to embrace meditation, and with it, Hinduism
Source: The Conversation This week marks the death anniversary of Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru who brought transcendental meditation to the West in the sixties and became a spiritual teacher to […]
The Internet Has Made Americans More Casual About Religion
Source: Gizmodo By Ed Cara Contrary to what you might assume after hate-browsing Facebook, it seems the internet may have actually made people less dogmatic about religion. A recent study published in the Journal […]
Why do Ismailis Pray Dua instead of Namaz like many other Muslims?
Source: Ismaili Gnosis The prayer-form that most Muslims use today – called Namaz or Salah – was not taught by the Prophet Muhammad himself; it was actually derived and interpreted […]
Meditation is common across many religious groups in the U.S.
Source: Pew Research Center BY DAVID MASCI AND CONRAD HACKETT In popular culture, meditation often is associated with Eastern spirituality and its secular offshoots, such as mindfulness. But substantial shares of Americans of […]
Neuroscience Has a Lot To Learn from Buddhism
Source: The Atlantic BY MATTHIEU RICARD AND WOLF SINGER Can training the mind make us more attentive, altruistic, and serene? Can we learn to manage our disturbing emotions in an optimal way? […]
When Asthma Gets Scary: Meditation and Relaxation Practices
Source: CNN By Marijke Vroomen Durning, RN Asthma touches so many people—if you don’t have it yourself, there’s a good chance you know at least one person who does. According […]
Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program
Source: Amazon By Sharon Salzberg Thousands of years prove it, and Western science backs it: Meditation sharpens focus. Meditation lowers blood pressure, relieves chronic pain, reduces stress. Meditation helps us experience […]
Can Buddhist Practices Help Us Overcome The Biological Pull Of Dissatisfaction?
Source: NPR By Terry Gross Are human beings hard-wired to be perpetually dissatisfied? Author Robert Wright, who teaches about the interface of evolutionary biology and religion, thinks so. Wright points out […]
