The Russians are doing some research on Tum-mo, the Tibetan heat retention/circulation practice. It seems like this technique is becoming quite a bit more...
HI, I was not referring to that. That is a section where the researchers tested the body of those monks when they are doing tummo. The heat is basically on the...
Hello Sam and David, my fundamental problem with Western research into meditation, is none of these researchers have indicated that they understand absorption,...
HI, I do not think it's as simple as heating the body with tummo. From my personal experience, these exercise can bring me to absorption. Wondered if anyone...
... my personal experience, these exercise can bring me to absorption. Wondered if anyone did really interview them with a yogi's perspective, instead of...
Hello friends, extracting a case history is an art. As we can see from Blane's case history posted here, there is little of use in it for research purposes....
Hi Jeff, You might find little support for that because no one has actually reported it. As for my case, I started with qi-gong and not the Tai Chi kind. It...
Hi All, I must add also that it can only bring the jhanic state to 2nd or 3rd and no further. In order to have a higher jhanic attainment, then one must...
Hi Blane, Thanks for sharing but it is not clear what your state of development is. Hope you can give us a clearer picture. Thanks again. Sam Repay kindness...
In a message dated 2/15/2008 2:42:30 A.M. Central Standard Time, meditation_research@yahoogroups.com writes: 2a. _Re: Research on gTum-mo / Blane to Jeff and...
Hello friends Sam and Blane, and thank-you for posting your comments to this listserv, and thank-you to our readers for reading us. Sam, if our case histories...
... If the above conclusions are true, then it seems reasonable to say that those who have arrived at meditative absorption (jhana,samadhi) could theoretically...
Hello David, actually Jeff's "story" is he spent about 6 month practicing meditation about 4 hours a day and mastered most of the samadhi states, including the...
Vipassana Meditation. ( Vipassana Meditation As Taught By Acharya S. N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin ) Vipassana , which means to see things...
Hello friends I very much appreciated reading through the archive on "A Critique of Vipassana as taught by Mr S N Goenka." I found it very even handed with...
So, anything happening in the Los Angeles area? San Diego can't be fit into my schedule. I welcome your insights and prompt response. Flourishingly, Satya...
Hello friends, perhaps we can engage in a dialog regarding the Society for Meditation and Meditation Research (SMMR)? If you are interested in such a ...
*Talks by Sayalay Dipankara* A Talk by Sayalay Dipankara (A collection of 66 sequential files) (1 - 4 mins) File 1 - How Sayalay started her practice? File 1...
Hello everyone, Jeff Brooks has expressed to me before that he felt that through his experiences remembering past lives as animals that they were not that...
What-Buddha-Taught.net <http://www.what-buddha-taught.net/> *Dhamma Quotes* "Inconceivable, bhikkhus, is the beginning of this samsara*. * A first point is...
The First Deep South presentation. The Gaiadon Heart Aumkabah Keys of Ascension , Module IA in Biloxi , Mississippi I am very happy to officially announce the...
Taking a Stand By Ven. Abhinaya Some time ago I picked up a Buddhist magazine, on the cover of which was a design purporting to show the hand of the Buddha...
