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 Contemplation of the charnel grounds and giving gifts to others are two of the ways the Buddha recommended to overcome selfishness. Here are some reflections on the subject, followed by today’s documentary which is about people who donate their bodies to medical science. Read More: Bodies Donated to Science and Monks  I have just completed what turned out to be a major revision of the materials on Mindfulness on the Ancient Buddhist Texts website.  A short video about the Jewish-American Soto Zen teacher, Norman Fischer, a disciple of Shunryu Suzuki, and his wife Michelle Meyrink, who is a Rinzai practioner. Read More: Zen Buddhism  A pdf copy of Bhikkhu Sumedha’s work A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Illness and Stress for anyone to download and print out for themselves. Read More: Flip-book, pdf and audio files of Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha  Chapter Nine of the book A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha in which Bhante summarises the teaching he has been giving. Together with a section on resources. Read More: Pain, Stress and Illness 9: Conclusion  Chapter Eight of the book A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha in which Bhante discusses how patients experience the Intensive Care Unit, and what the reality of the situation is. Read More: Pain, Stress and Illness 8: The Patient’s ICU Environment  Chapter Seven of the book A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha in which Bhante talks about the four spiritual states, and how they can be employed to reduce stress. Read More: Pain, Stress and Illness 7: Loving-Kindness  Chapter Six of the book A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha in which Bhante talks some more about the specifics of stress, with examples of how it arises. Read More: Pain, Stress and Illness 6: Overcoming Mental Impurities  Chapter Five of the book A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha in which Bhante shows how stress arises and how it can be overcome through wisdom. Read More: Pain, Stress and Illness 5: Stress and its Alleviation  Chapter Four of the book A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha in which Bhante explains the universal laws of nature. Read More: Pain, Stress and Illness 4: The Universal Law of Nature  Chapter Three of the book A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha on how to use mindfulness to reduce stress, complete with illustrations. Read More: Pain, Stress and Illness 3: Mental Exercises to Manage Pain  Chapter Two of the book A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha covering the mental training through mastering breath meditation. Read More: Pain, Stress and Illness 2: An Exercise to Gain Mind Mastery  Chapter One of the book A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness by Bhikkhu Sumedha covering the nature of reality, cause and effect and non-interventional observation. Read More: Pain, Stress and Illness 1: Body and Mind  Publication of the teachings of Bhikkhu Sumedha on pain, stress and illness, gathered while he was working in the Intensive Care Unit at Peradeniya General Hospital during the last ten years of his life. Read More: Publication of A Buddhist Perspective on Pain, Stress and Illness  This talk is meant for those who find formal meditation too difficult in their home and would like to find some other way to stay in touch with the Dhamma. Read More: Bhante Anandajoti: Keeping in Touch with the Dhamma  When you read the Buddhist texts you are so amazed at the Buddha’s profound and deep statements about the human mind. It is amazing that he should have made these statements 2,600 years ago. Read More: Godwin Samararatne: Why We Should Meditate  A video of a talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh in Penang, which I attended together with around 2,500-3,000 other people! It starts with some chanting before the talk proper begins. Read More: Thich Nhat Hanh: This is A Happy Moment  I made this poster about the Five Strengths some time ago to accompany a talk I gave on the subject. Read More: Poster of the Five Strengths  Here Ajahn Suthep discusses how he has taken Luangpor Teean’s original technique and extended it to include many other things. Read More: Ajahn Suthep: The Development of Dynamic Meditation  Here is a short video I made last year of Ajahn Suthep demonstrating the practice of Dynamic Meditation. Read More: Ajahn Suthep: Demonstrating Advanced Dynamic Meditation |
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