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- The Scientific Data Behind 4 Practical Benefits of Meditation - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2017 from Abbot George Burke (Swami Nirmalananda Giri)Here are four scientific reports about the practical benefits of meditation, the first three being about Breath Meditation specifically: 1. “Everyone around the water cooler knows that meditation reduces stress. But with the aid of advanced brain-scanning technology, researchers are beginning ...
Views: 1517 - Meditator’s Guide to the Mind—Seven Important Lessons - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2017 from Abbot George Burke (Swami Nirmalananda Giri)Mind–the source “Mind precedes its objects. They are mind-governed and mind-made” (Dhammpapada 1). First there is the mind. It is possible to view “mind” as both the machinery of perception we have been talking about and the consciousness which perceives the perception, the consciousness ...
Views: 1403 - The Negative Effects of Misusing Your Power of Thought - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2017 from Abbot George Burke (Swami Nirmalananda Giri)“Thinking about sense-objects will attach you to sense-objects; grow attached, and you become addicted; thwart your addiction, it turns to anger; be angry, and you confuse your mind; confuse your mind, you forget the lesson of experience; forget experience, you lose discrimination; lose ...
Views: 1664 - From Children of God to ”Dear Children” or How to Grow in Faith - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2013 from Abbot George Burke (Swami Nirmalananda Giri)“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children” (Ephesians 5:1). Everyone is a child of God, for God is the Source of all. Everyone is beloved to God. So what are dear children? I learned the answer to that from the mouth of a barely educated old lady in the summer of 1958. I was at a ...
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