Fresh ways of looking at a concept that is often misunderstood How can we understand the concept of emptiness in Buddhism? Emptiness is an approximate translation of the Sanskrit term shunyata. The key to understanding what is meant by this translation is in the ness—the ness of emptiness means that emptiness is not empty. This […]| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
Karma is often totally misunderstood. Karma simply means action. It has to do with cause and effect—the law of karma is actually very scientific.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
Starting Your Meditation With The 7-Branch Mahayana Prayer| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
But what is suffering, exactly? By understanding the 3 forms of suffering, we begin to understand the foundation of Buddhist spirituality.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
Starting Your Meditation With The 7-Branch Mahayana Prayer| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
The Heart Sutra is perhaps the most well-known sutra of Mahayana Buddhism, describing the heart of the teachings of the Perfection of Wisdom.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
According to the Buddha’s teachings of the two truths, there is a difference between how we and awakened beings experience the world.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
In Buddhism, the middle way is a descriptor of skillful, beneficial practices and behaviors that inform the Buddhist worldview.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
Tonglen means ‘giving and taking.’ This beautiful meditation practice is a mind training exercise for cultivating and expanding compassion.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
In prajñā or Buddhist wisdom there are two things to know: the nature of the so-called self and the nature of the other, subject and object.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path
When we’re able to stay in the present with mindfulness, our awareness begins to open up and we can transition to vipashyana meditation.| Mindworks Meditation & Buddhist Path