‘If you practice remaining speechless for a long enough time, you begin to realize how severely limited your thinking has become through shaping thoughts into the words and concepts of everyday, middle-range consciousness.’
meditation, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, yoga
A discussion between two Bodhisattvas
(Vimalakirti is referred to as ‘house holder’ by Manjushri)
Vimalakirti: Manjusri, I am sick only because the elements of living beings are disturbed by sicknesses.
Manjusri: Householder, how should a bodhisattva console another bodhisattva who is sick?
Vimalakirti: He should tell him that the body is impermanent, but should not exhort him to […]
Summer is a time of rapid fruition and accelerated growth. It is a time when we begin reaching out to one another, perhaps enjoying more social events and reconnecting with nature at its most abundant. The word abundance here represents not a set of external conditions but an attitude.
If one thinks that one is poor […]
(Also called Ugrasana or Brahmacharyasana)
Paschima=west, implying back of body
Ugra=formidable
This asana stretches the hamstrings and encourages healthy circulation in the pelvis. It also regulates menstrual flow and stimulates the ovaries in women.
Preparation: A flat, broad-based chair, stool or other similar prop can be used. Place a yoga mat onto your chair or stool, folded over to […]
‘All things are naturally like space. Space itself has no characteristics. It neither exists by nature, nor is it non existent. It transcends dualistic thought.’
meditation, milarepa, space, yoga
On one occasion when he was asked about Sufism, Samnun said,
‘Sufism is that you should not possess anything nor should anything possess you.’
samnun, sufism, yoga
by Harada Sekkei Roshi
‘When I say “extinguish yourself” or “throw yourself away” or “let yourself fall way” or ‘”kill yourself” this is the same as “live in a bigger way” or “become one with all things”‘
‘Dying the great death the reality of life appears’
death, harada sekkai roshi, life, yoga
by The Venerable Ajhan Summedho
‘Unhappiness is not getting what we want: wanting it to be sunny when it’s cold, wet and rainy; people doing things that we don’t approve of having food that isn’t delicious and so on. Happiness is not the goal of life because it depends on so many things…
Notice how often there […]
It is the mind that frees or enslaves us.’
‘Stop all vain talk. The highest state is beyond the reach of thought for it lies beyond all duality’
Amritabindu Upanishad, duality, meditation
Letting ourselves be happy is at once the simplest thing in the world but it can also be a challenge. At this time of year, the season itself calls us to be joyful and so we may meet this juncture within ourselves.
There are two doors before us: one is surrender and one resistance, one is […]
This is the time of year where darkness no longer dominates light and the balance, grain by grain, is being redressed and even tipped over to favour the light. It is essentially an optimistic time with all the promise of the forthcoming months ahead.
More songs are sung about the month of April than any […]
Yoga can prepare the pregnant woman, mentally and physically, for the changes in her body and her life, but it can also be a route to deeper introspection and self discovery.
Being pregnant for the first time was when I really found my yoga. I’d already been practising for several years and feeling the benefits physically, […]
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