E-Vam Buddhist Institute Fall Programs E-Vam Institute has two exciting programs in October with two very experienced teachers and practitioners in their...
TM is merely a technique. The theory used to explain how TM works and what the results of long-term practice might be, are just that, a theory. Even if the...
... I should add that TM theory says that not only can the person who practices TM simply for stress-management purposes become enlightened, but that since...
... Thanks, Kathy. Emptiness is such a weird thing, at least what I've heard of it... it might even be that it is *not* permanent. Who knows...? Is emptiness...
Me old "guru", Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, explains the principles of Transcendental Meditation in his own words. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRSvW9Ml9DQ What...
More and more, I'm starting to believe that Vippassana practice is a misinterpretation of the situation that an enlightened person is naturally in....
I am 59 but have studied some of the basic Buddhist ideas since college in the early 70's. Well, I have finally decided to be a Buddhist. I am trying to...
Welcome, Don Michael Try not. Do or do not, there is no try... Master Yoda Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha From: Don <donald_e_mathews@...> ... Welcome, Don...
A heart felt THANK YOU!!!! I am so tired of deleting those messages. Michael Try not. Do or do not, there is no try... Master Yoda Om Tare Tuttare Ture...
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Michael, it wasn't an easy decision for me to make. Personally, I like when someone challenges my thinking. (If they're genuine and honest in the discussion...
Damn! And I was in the process of mentally composing a treatise on vipassana meditation from my Buddhist perspective. But exactly to *which* type of vipassana...
So I have no idea what vipassana is but I have practiced Zen meditation and TM. In both forms one notices the churning of the mind creating and recreating...
TM and the meditation taught in buddhism are similar in some ways, different in others. In order to avoid confusion where the same term means one thing in one...
Thank you for your thorough reply. I am really focused on Buddhism 101 basic fundamentals right now. In the 8 fold path there is Right Mindfulness and Right...
To be honest after the first couple of posts I began to delete them with out wasting my time to read them. I also enjoy it when some one challenges my...
... The email program I use is Thunderbird. It has a quite sophisticated filtering feature, allowing you (among much else) to automatically delete email...
Hi all, I wanted to let everyone know I finally found a publisher for my YA book entitled Into the Land of Snows. My agent failed to sell this manuscript but I...
John, you still could present us with your ideas about vipassana meditation. Why not? I've liked your past posts all very much. -- War is a failure of the...
Hello I've been following along the previous discussion on TM and it is an odd thing when someone tries to, seemingly innocently, ask questions about...
Just to clarify; I have no idea about the previous conversation. I am a new Buddhist and new to this group. I saw tm mentioned and mentioned it as part of...
Hi My remarks were not aimed at you, my friend, but at the gentleman who actually carried on in defense of TM and went on to explain it adfinitum. And actually...
