Oakville Zen Meditation
#26.Misconceptions about meditation.25feb15

1. Introduction Over the last 30 years or so meditation - like yoga - is enjoying huge interest as THE holy grail which is going to solve every personal problem such as stress, anxiety, sexual dysfunctions, poor self image, chronic fatigue, poor relationships, better mental concentration and many more.Based on unofficial figures the numbers of […]

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#25.Why can meditation be boring?18feb15.

Is meditation supposed to be boring? May be so. Think about it. During several minutes we sit still like a statue and focus on our body, on our mind anchor and incoming thoughts like a drill digging into the mystery of our inner self. This daily meditative exercise is just the opposite of what is […]

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#24.Training to discover & experience long lasting happiness.14feb15

"Happiness from outside does not last, happiness from inside lasts forever".  This is a modern translation of what the Buddha said some 2500 years ago and repeated many times by the Dalai Lama.​  Easier to say than to understand or to ​do. Where do we get our happiness? If good health is excluded I bet you that 99.9%​ of our […]

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#23.What is Zen practice? 11 feb. 2015

"Zen practice is bringing our mind and body together in the present moment to reflect mindfully and without judgment on living beings, events and surroundings as they are in reality and not as our ego-centered thoughts want them to be". Thanks. Ven. Ji Gong Sunim.

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#22.No edges, no boundaries.7feb15.

"We are free, every one of us. We are born free, and the bondage, restrictions, edges ​and limits that we find in our life are self-created by our mind​. Beside the Law of the Land and Morality ​there ​are fundamentally no edges, no boundaries. ​Zen practice is an experience which ​has nothing to do with believing. Zen ​practitioners are not ​believers per se since […]

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#21.Birth-Death-Rebirth & Karma. 4feb15

  Sorry for the poor quality! 1) At birth: a living being #1 is created  with consciousness (C) + the 4 other components. The 4 others components are the body (B),  the 5 senses (S), the emotions (E) and the mental (M). 2) At death: among the 5 components (aggregates) only consciousness survives. It returns to […]

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