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He is the fourth and most ancient of the five Transcendental Buddhas that embody the five primordial wisdoms meditation. He presides over the Buddha realm Sukavati (Tibetan: Dewachen), a Pure Land which is the expression of his own field of pure expression and nothing else. Amitaba is the Lord of the Padma or Lotus family and is the pure expression of the wisdom of discriminating awareness, which

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The Bardo Thodol also spelled Bardo Thotrol, translated as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, for centuries it was passed down orally. This ancient text was first put into written form by the legendary Padma Sambhava in the 8th century A.D. Translated, Bardo Thodol means "liberation by hearing on the after death plane". The book acts as a guide for the dead during the state that intervenes death and

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Kathmandu, November 28 - Authorities in Nepal urged religious groups and scientists on Sunday to help solve the mystery of a meditating teenaged boy who some believe is an incarnation of Buddha.At least 100,000 devotees from Nepal and neighbouring India have flocked in recent weeks to a dense forest in southeastern Nepal to see 15-year-old Ram Bahadur Bamjon, who, his associates say, has been

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People who learn about the mantra naturally want to know what it means, and often ask for a translation into English or some other Western language. However, Om Mani Padme Hum can not really be translated into a simple phrase or even a few sentences. All of the Dharma is based on Buddha's discovery that suffering is unnecessary: Like a disease, once we really face the fact that suffering exists,

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The Dhamma is not the result of conjecture or speculation, but the result of personal attainments, and it is precise in every respect. The Dhamma produces beneficial results here and now for those who practise it in accordance with the techniques evolved by the Buddha. The effect of the Dhamma on the person practising it is immediate in that it has the quality of simultaneously removing the

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SilaFor the first step, Sila, the student will have to maintain a minimum standard of morality by way of a promise to refrain from killing sentient beings, stealing other's property, comitting sexual misconduct, telling lies and taking intoxicating drinks. This promise is not, I believe, detrimental to any religious faith. As a matter of fact, we have noticed good moral qualities in the

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Sending and taking is a very important practice of the Boddhisattva path. It is called tonglen in Tibetan, tong means sending out or letting go and len means receiving or accepting. Tonglen is a very important term you should remember it. It is the main practice in the development of relative Bodhicitta.The practice of tonglen is actually quite straightforward it is an actual sitting meditation

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A bell can be eight, twelve, sixteen, eighteen or twenty two finger-widths in height. Its base must be round, above which is a vase surmounted by the face of the goddess Prajnaparamita. Above these are a lotus, a moon disc and finally a vajra.The hollow of the bell symbolizes the wisdom cognizing emptiness. The clapper represents the sound of emptiness. The eight lotus petals are the four mothers

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Mala (ma-la) in Sanskrit, the ancient sacred language of the Vedas, Upanishads, Rig Vedas, and great Buddhist literature roughly means, "Rose" or "Garland." A more direct translation is "garland from above," or "heavenly garland." In the Hindu and, sometimes certain Buddhist traditions, it is also called a "japamala." In the Mahayana Zen traditions they are also called, fozhu and ojuzu, which in

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Sometime before the 5th century AD, the influence of Hinduism and Buddhism spread southward from the mainland of southeast Asia to the islands of Sumatra, Java, Bali and a few others in the archipelago currently called Indonesia. (It is misleading to think of all of Indonesia as either an ancient empire or the province of any particular religion. The vast archipelago of over 13,000 islands became

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BUDDHISM, THE ONLY REAL SCIENCE(Ajahn Brahmavamso)I used to be a scientist. I did Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University, hanging out in the same building as the later-to-be-famous Professor Stephen Hawking. I became disillusioned with such science when, as an insider, I saw how dogmatic some scientists could be. A dogma, according to the dictionary, is an arrogant declaration of an opinion.

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The Faults of Criticizing and Blaming Others(Lama Zopa Rinpoche)Criticizing and blaming othersThe most important Dharma practice is to cease the delusions, thethree poisonous minds, which are the root of all suffering, as well asthe self-centered mind. All the reciting of mantras and prayers,listening to Dharma, meditating, prostrating, offering mandalas,making offerings at the altar to the holy

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Because of daily stress , we cannot meditate well and full concentrate. This problems occurs when our mind cannot stand in one moment. After surf a lot of web , I found out one unique technology that will help us to get more easily to deep meditation Holosync audio technology .Holosync audio technology placed on CD's beneath soothing music and environmental sounds will help you get results

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Kundalini means that certain healing channels and chakras have been opened, and you have thereby gained access to the Earth's energy. The Root chakra, which is the energy centre located near the coccyx, acts as an entrance for the Kundalini energy. The Kundalini energy is also referred to as "the Kundalini Fire." Hereafter, the energy runs all the way up through the body, through the main energy

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First Jhana"There is the case where a monk -- quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful qualities -- enters and remains in the first jhana: rapture and pleasure born from withdrawal, accompanied by directed thought and evaluation. He permeates and pervades, suffuses and fills this very body with the rapture and pleasure born from withdrawal. There is nothing of his entire body

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Lumbini-a place in the South-Western Terai of Nepal, evokes a kind of holy sentiment to the millions of Buddhists all over the world-as do the Jerusalem to Christians and Mecca to Muslims. Lumbini is the place Lord Buddha -the apostle of peace and the light of Asia was born in 623 B. C., Located in the flat plains of south-Western Nepal and the foothills of Churia range , Lumbini and its

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Satipatthana SuttaThe Foundations of Mindfulness(Translations from the Pali by Bhikkhus Nanamoli, Bodhi, Thanissaro and Nyanasatta Thera.)Thus have I heard. At one time the Blessed One was living among the Kurus, at Kammasadamma, a market town of the Kuru people. There the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhu thus: "Monks," and they replied to him, "Venerable Sir." The Blessed One spoke as follows:

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Anapanasati Sutta Introduction to Mindfulness of the Breathing(Translations from the Pali by Bhikkhus Nanamoli, Bodhi and Thanissaro)I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying at Savatthi in the Eastern Monastery, the palace of Migara's mother, together with many well-known elder disciples -- with Ven. Sariputta, Ven. Maha Moggallana, Ven. Maha Kassapa, Ven. Maha Kaccana, Ven.

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The Path of Concentration & Mindfulness(Thanissaro Bhikkhu)Many people tell us that the Buddha taught two different types of meditation — mindfulness meditation and concentration meditation. Mindfulness meditation, they say, is the direct path, while concentration practice is the scenic route that you take at your own risk because it's very easy to get caught there and you may never get out.

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Benefits of Mindfulness Meditation(Shinzen Young)1.Increased Appreciation of LifeA person with high base-line attentiveness finds, in general, all life activities to be more fulfilling. Intrinsically pleasant experiences (food, music, sexuality, etc.) are vastly more intense and satisfying simply because one is more fully "in the moment." Furthermore, ordinary, banal experiences (washing dishes,

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Abstract from Shinzen Young's presentation at the Toward a Science of Consciousness conference at the University of Arizona, April 2000(Shinzen Young)In science one frequently depends on awareness extending tools/instruments that magnify faint signal and resolve details of structure. The cell theory of life and the germ theory of disease could hardly have arisen without the magnifying and

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The 35 Tathagathas: RatnapadmasupratisthitasailendrajaIn the north, in the celestial field of ‘precious jewels’ sits the one the “One Thus Gone, the Foe Destroyer, the Completely Perfected Fully Awakened Being, the King of Powerful Mount Meru who is firmly Seated upon a Jewel and a Lots� (de-bzhin gshegs-pa dgra-bcom-pa yang-dag-par rdzogs-pa’I sangs-rgyas rinpoche

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The Borobudur Temple is considered as one of the seven wonders of the world. This temple is located at Borobudur District, South of Magelang, Central Java. The expression of experts who had been studying Borobudur Temple varied someway. Bernet Kempers' expression was: “Borobudur is Borobudur�, meaning that Borobudur Temple is very unique in her own way. Nieuwenkamp (an artist) imaginated

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In early Buddhism the Buddha’s teachings are said to be summed up into a simple formula called then Four Noble Truths. The First Truth is that life is mostly characterized by various forms of dissatisfaction or sufferings. The Second Truth is that this suffering has as cause, and this cause is either having desires that can never really be satisfied or by believing in a real soul or self. The

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BASIC MEDITATION TECHNIQUES ( Part 3 )(Bill Witt ,NEW ATLANTIS BBS)In this third and final section we will discuss some ways in which you may use what you've learned, in your daily life.The most obvious use of the techniques you have learned, is relaxation. During the course of the day, many of us have moments when the pressure becomes almost to much. When this happens, we often can't deal with

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BASIC MEDITATION TECHNIQUES ( Part 2 )(Bill Witt ,NEW ATLANTIS BBS)In this second section of the "Basic Meditation Techniques", we will discuss various relaxation procedures and how they will aid you in entering a trance or meditative state. You will also be given some ideas about types of music and other "tools" which can help you achieve these relaxed states of mind. Let's begin.First, let's

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BASIC MEDITATION TECHNIQUES ( Part 1 )(Bill Witt ,NEW ATLANTIS BBS)Webster defines meditation as "The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the revolving of a subject in the mind."To meditate is to focus mentally on one thought, idea, or concept. It may also mean, to revolve an idea in your mind so as to change the way in which you think of that idea. Meditation is therefore, a tool with

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Eight-fold Path (Early Buddhist).In early Buddhism this path is identified with the last of the Four Noble Truths. It must be understood that this was originally a path meant exclusively for monastic, not the laity. It was only much later on that parts of it were modified to make it of some use to lay persons. The original eight elements of the path are as follows. (1) Right views included

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