Category: Eastern philosophy

by Vaishali
You are what you love, and you love whatever you are giving your attention to. Eastern Spiritual teachings and many psychologies profess that whatever you give your attention to, is what you are making your God. If, for example, you spend all your time thinking about that next cigarette, then you have [...]

by Micheal Lewin
I wonder what feelings inspire a man to complain of having nothing to do? I am happiest when I have nothing to do.”
Kenko Yoshida ( 1283 - 1350 )
At the age of 41 Kenko Yoshida gave up his life as an officer in the Imperial Palace Guards and became ordained as a Zen [...]

Living Wisdom with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
by Don Farber and The Dalai Lama
Sounds True, Inc. 2006
DVD, CD, Cards and Study Guide, $29.95
Living Wisdom with His Holiness the Dalai Lama is an attractively boxed set that includes a 47-minute DVD, a 145-page study guide, a CD and 37 beautiful cards that each features a different [...]

by Charlie Badenhop
During my first year in Japan I took a hitchhiking trip and went to numerous fishing villages on the west coast of Japan.
In one village I had the privilege of meeting a very special man. He was in his sixties and walked with a noticeable limp. He told me that as [...]

by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
I am happy to report I have a new favorite meditation CD that I’ve been chanting to, and it is included with the new release, Tibetan Sound Healing by lama and Bön meditation master Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche.
The Bön people are the indigenous people of Tibet, with one of the world’s oldest [...]

By C. Pierce Salguero
Findhorn Press, 2006
143 pp., $19.95
Thailand, in relation to health, has been in the news recently as part of the phenomenon of medical tourism: patients from the west traveling there to obtain treatments at a fraction of the price that one would pay, say, in the United States. However, [...]

by Charlie Badenhop
There is a story told by the Zen master Seung Sahn. Many years ago there was a young man living in Korea, and the young man felt that his life was quite empty. So he shaved his head and went up into the mountains to live the life of a monk. He studied [...]

For the first time, Chinese martial art secrets are revealed to Westerners who want alternative ways to treat the acute and chronic injuries experienced by any active person.
A renowned expert in Chinese sports medicine and martial arts reveals ancient Eastern secrets for healing common injuries, including sprains, bruises, deep cuts, and much more.
For centuries, [...]