Tag Archives: Thich Nhat Hanh

Mindful Joyfulness/Joyful Mindfulness

So this is a bit of a slippery fish for me right now. An important part of my practice right now is increasing my awareness of every moment, which I am making some headway on. However, lately I’ve been struggling … Continue reading →

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Posted on 9 July, 2007 by edamommy

Pain, Experience, Growth, Compassion

In Coming to Our Senses, Jon Kabat-Zinn points out to us that the part of us that experiences pain is itself *not* in pain. This is true for both emotional and physical pain. Trying to find an awareness of this … Continue reading →

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Posted on 27 June, 2007 by edamommy

Hurrah!

Last night I went for my first Dharma Study, though it was a bit of a drive – I had to haul my cookies all the way to Gulf Breeze (just outside of Pensacola) to visit Palyul Changchub Choling. They’re … Continue reading →

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Posted on 14 June, 2007 by edamommy

Resources I've been Contemplating …

Here’s some of what I’ve been reading concerning emptiness, if anyone’s interested. At all. ^_^ The Heart Sutra, with Kalsang‘s prompting to goad me along. Thich Nhat Hanh‘s commentary on the Heart Sutra – The Heart of Understanding TinyThinker’s blog … Continue reading →

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Posted on 16 May, 2007 by edamommy

Walking Meditation – Thich Nhat Hanh

This such a joy to watch…

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Posted on 30 April, 2007 by edamommy

Samadhi

Following up on what I wrote earlier, Thich Nhat Hanh wrote the following: To practice samadhi is to live deeply each moment that is given us to live. Samadhi means concentration. In order to be concentrated, we should be mindful, … Continue reading →

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Posted on 27 April, 2007 by edamommy

More inspiration

I’ve been reading Thich Nhat Hanh‘s “primer” on Buddhism, and thinking about store consciousness – what in Western psychology would be termed “background consciousness.” I think this poem by Rumi speaks to this: in bloom I feel like the ground, … Continue reading →

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Posted on 19 April, 2007 by edamommy

"We can move mountains with a single breath."

So, I was reading Rinchen Gyatso’s booklet “You Can Move Mountains: An Introduction to the Mind-Science of Dharma” and found this quote: People don’t like to talk about suffering…. We don’t like to think about the ways in which we … Continue reading →

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Posted on 18 April, 2007 by edamommy