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• When Opinion is No More a Tool to Decide

  Inside our head we carry an in-built measuring scale. This scale is no less unique than the finger prints or irises. However this scale is not something which w... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Helping Each Other Live The Life Of Dharma

  Dhamma Projects invites you to take part in a global experiment taking place both face to face and online. Once a month, where possible at the same time,... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• How Should I Love Now?

  I’m starting to realize that there is not one simple answer to the question of how to be a loving person. My current state of mind has a large influence on... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Watching Sports with Equanimity

  I’ve always been a big college basketball fan which makes March Madness, the college basketball tournament, one of the most celebrated times of year. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Maintenance as Love (Part 2)

  Maintenance is the work of keeping something in proper condition. There is a difference between attaining a condition and maintaining that condition. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• The Missing Link

  Making the commitment to complete a 10-day meditation course is a major commitment. Making the jump from completing a 10-day course at a meditation center to... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Update

  Thank you Sanket and Guido for sharing their stories with Living Vipassana! They have both chosen to move on to other things, but maybe they will return in the... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Making Myself Available

  I prefer to believe that I am quite efficient at cooking. For last seven years or so I have been preparing my meal. Washing the vegetables, chopping them finely... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Peace, Love, and Happiness

  I’ve been trying to bring focus and understanding to my new dhamma life for quite some time. Whenever I try to explain why I meditate I seem to struggle over... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Maintenance as Love (Part 1)

  “People don’t visit me anymore,” my grandmother says over the phone. “I guess they’re all too busy.” Loneliness has made her voice more tender than usual. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Pilgrimage into the Heart of Burmese Dhamma

  by Branden MacieFrom January 2012 to March 2012 a nickel of wisdom arose in me while serving long-term at Dhamma Patapa in Jesup, Georgia, U.S.A. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Vote With Your Time

  People often talk about voting with your money. When you buy organic food, you support that industry, and when you buy fast food, you support that industry. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• There’s No News at All

  Days are paler. Nights are calmer. Dramas are becoming rarer. Strangers appear as benign as long forgotten friends. Instead of being in the central locus I... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Conversation 1

  Dhamma Projects: with the aim  to discuss, document, celebrate and where possible enable activities that integrate the practice and principles behind Vipassana... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Young Meditators Will Flock to Urban Centers

  In my experience, establishing a daily practice is harder than sitting a 10-day course. A big part of this challenge comes from trying to follow a different pat... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Heartache

  “Follow your bliss,” advised the late great Joseph Campbell. Au contraire, “Follow your heartache,” insists Andrew Harvey. Don’t know that one of these bits of... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• It’s Mostly a Biology Thing

  My initial connection to Vipassana was probably similar to most people. When I hear about meditation and the teachings of the Buddha my first connection is to... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• My Second 10 Days Retreat

  So, it’s been about a year since my first 10 days retreat. 13 months to be more accurate and I was really looking for my second ten days retreat. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Can You Color Your Emotions?

  

  How often do people feel ‘butterflies in their stomach’ or go ‘weak on their knees’? Or get a ‘hot head’ during the argument? Or having ‘cold feet’ and what... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Introducing….Dhamma Projects

  Goenka’s Organization (GO) – teaches Vipassana Meditation As Taught By S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin.Living Vipassana (LV) – is a blog... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY