Who Should You Follow in Your Meditation Practice?
There is someone sending me email every now and again to ask about what exactly I did over the course of my meditation practice and path. The other week I got a…
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Meditation at Suan Mokkh Temple and Thoughts on Reality
This is part of my Meditation Journal Experience after the Flat-mind State became permanent. Meditation at Suan Mokkh Temple has always been a pleasure. I’ve had some nice insights there. [Featured image…
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What Are Buddhist Pendants and Amulets For?
People buy Buddhist pendants/amulets for many reasons – good luck, good health, financial prosperity, protection, love, and many other reasons. Some people believe ardently in the power of Buddhist items and buy…
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Some Common Nimittas (Mind signs leading to Jhana)
I realized recently that I’ve never written about the various nimittas that show up when a meditator has full concentration on the breath. My own common nimittas are tingling in my hands…
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Deep Jhana – the Book
I’ve been working on my next book for the last couple of days. It’s a book about Jhana. Not the Buddhist Jhana. Not some other teacher’s idea of Jhana. There will be…
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Mindfulness in Plain English and Intro to Meditation Book
One of the most detailed introductions on How To Meditate is a classic by Henepola Gunaratana, the monk from Sri Lanka who spent years as a Buddhist Monk and teacher. His book…
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Thich Nhat Hanh on “What is Nirvana?”
This is something that I’ve considered for a while. Why I didn’t come straight to Thich Nhat Hanh for his view – I don’t know. I don’t really think about using YouTube…
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Meditation Catch-22
Meditation Catch-22 – Don’t Want the Experiences I was lucky when I began meditating. I didn’t have any illusion about what states I might reach, what levels. I didn’t study any of…
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Can Meditation Help Relieve Pain? Chronic Pain?
This is an email I sent to a reader requesting some information about whether my meditation books would be good to help him with some pain he was having. He didn’t mention…
