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Life: A Near Death Experience
Life: A Near Death Experience “Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past is history. The future yet to come. Looking deeply at life as it is in the very here and now, the...
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The Meaning of Lineage in Buddhist Practice
The Meaning of Lineage in Buddhist Practice As Buddhist monks, we regularly visit and work with Buddhist communities and practitioners in both Western and Eastern countries. Given the relatively recent...
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A Guided Meditation on Loving-kindness and Compassion
A Guided Meditation on Loving-kindness and Compassion In a recent post, we focussed on the practices of loving-kindness and compassion and discussed their role within Buddhism and within spiritual...
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Does God Exist? A Buddhist Perspective
Does God Exist? A Buddhist Perspective The question of whether God exists is arguably one of the most debated questions of all time. Nonetheless, given that it is common knowledge that Buddhism does...
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A Monk’s Life
A Monk’s Life Recently, a short poem I composed entitled The Offspring of Spring was accepted for publication in a forthcoming book called Candlelit Thoughts – A Collection of Poetry (published by...
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Face[book]ing the future: A brief look at social networking addiction
Edo Shonin & William Van Gordon:Another interesting article written by my friend and colleague Prof Mark Griffiths Originally posted on drmarkgriffiths: In many areas of behavioural addiction,...
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Five Original Beauty Tips for Men and Women
Five Original Beauty Tips for Men and Women Recently, we were en route to a conference in Barcelona and found ourselves with ten minutes to spare at London Stansted airport. We decided to visit the...
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Should Mindfulness be taught to Improve Military and Business Effectiveness?
Should Mindfulness be taught to Improve Military and Business Effectiveness? During one of our recent talks on mindfulness, we were asked whether we feel it is ethically and morally correct for...
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The write stuff: Diary writing and psychological wellbeing
Edo Shonin & William Van Gordon:A very interesting article written by my friend and colleague Prof Mark Griffiths who is himself a very gifted writer. Originally posted on drmarkgriffiths: Since my...
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The Dangers of Being Attached to Rules: The Story of Two Monks and a Naked Lady
The Dangers of Being Attached to Rules: The Story of Two Monks and a Naked Lady A large number of Buddhist monks follow a code of conduct called the Vinaya code. Although there are various elucidations...
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The Challenges and Rewards of Learning to Meditate at 83 Years of Age
The Challenges and Rewards of Learning to Meditate at 83 Years of Age Today we have a guest blog written by Jacqi Sein who is a close friend of ours. Jacqi is 83 years of age and started to learn...
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The Top Ten Mistakes made by Buddhist Meditation Practitioners
This week’s post is an article that we recently published in The Buddhist Voice: The Top Ten Mistakes made by Buddhist Meditation Practitioners. We wrote this paper with our friend and colleague Prof...
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Can a Person be Ignorant and Intelligent at the Same Time?
Can a Person be Ignorant and Intelligent at the Same Time? A few years ago, we made the decision to add a new dimension to our role as Buddhist monks by immersing ourselves in Western academia and...
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The Scientific Study of Buddhism and the Noble Eightfold Path: Dividing the...
The Scientific Study of Buddhism and the Noble Eightfold Path: Dividing the Whole into Many The Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path is sometimes referred to as the “eight steps to freedom”. This tends to...
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Deconstructing the Self: A Buddhist perspective on addiction and...
Deconstructing the Self: A Buddhist perspective on addiction and psychotherapeutic treatment (By Ven. Edo Shonin, Ven. William Van Gordon, and Dr. Mark Griffiths) Psychological approaches to treating...
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How to Tame a Monkey Mind
How to Tame a Monkey Mind Within Buddhism, the term ‘monkey mind’ is sometimes used to describe people that have very unsettled minds. If you have a monkey mind, it basically means that just like a...
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Can a Buddha become Angry?
Can a Buddha become Angry? Given that Buddhahood is frequently described as a state of limitless compassion that is completely free of negative and afflictive emotions, it might seem strange that...
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Should Mindfulness be Taught to the Military?
Should Mindfulness be Taught to the Military? A few months ago, we wrote a post on whether mindfulness should be used in military (and business) settings? As we mentioned in our earlier post, the...
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Can Meditation Improve Work-related Stress and Job Performance?
Can Meditation Improve Work-related Stress and Job Performance? Along with some research colleagues, we recently conducted a randomised controlled trial to investigate the effects of meditation on work...
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Having Fun with the Four Noble Truths
Having Fun with the Four Noble Truths Arguably the most well-known of the Buddha’s teachings is that of The Four Noble Truths. The teaching of the four noble truths is recorded as being the first...
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