Tuesday, September 30, 2008
BUDOKON FOR BEGINNERS
BUDOKON FOR BEGINNERS
The cover touts it as "the reunion of martial arts, yoga, and meditation," but for those who have practiced those disciplines separately but not in combination, Cameron Shayne's Budokon Beginning Practice offers a fresh, even unique approach to a home exercise regimen. Yoga, martial arts, and meditation don't actually commingle in this approximately 38-minute program (also included is a version that's about 10 minutes shorter); a fairly traditional, 20-minute yoga practice (for creating "power through stillness") is followed by 15 minutes of martial arts ("power through movement") and about three minutes of meditation ("power through emptiness"). The yoga asanas, including forward bends, lunges, twists, standing poses, and several sun salutations, provide a good stretch and warm-up for the martial arts moves; the latter, with their short, vigorous punches and kicks mostly performed from a traditional "fighting stance," offer a contrast to the slower, deeper yoga postures, and the sequence of the two is genuinely invigorating. Shayne, a martial arts master who also knows his yoga, provides excellent instruction throughout, and easier versions of the yoga poses are demonstrated. There's also a "pose guide" option, accessible both separately and during the workout, to explicate all the poses and movements in greater detail.
Demonoid
BTJunkie
God and Buddha - A Dialogue (1999)
God and Buddha - A Dialogue (1999)
This dialogue is of a live presentation between Columbia University professor, Dr. Robert Thurman and Deepak Chopra, MD, a student of Indian Philosophy and author. Mr. Chopra presents views from Vedanta, one of the six classical systems of Indian philosophy. The term Vedanta refers both to the wisdom of the Upanishads, which makes up the last section of the Veda, and to the realization of its ultimate significance. Mr. Thurman presents views from Buddhism, which is a kind of reform movement within Hindu thought that has become an independent pluralistic tradition of it's own.
Within the first 20 minutes of the program, Mr. Chopra sums up the core teaching of Vedanta. He describes some of the causes of human suffering and also describes some of the suggested paths to discovering the true nature of reality. Most of the rest of the program is a kind of free-flowing meditation on the implications of these teachings.
Mr. Chopra, with a background in the field of medicine, conveys his insight and knowledge through a kind of systematic, formal approach to verbal communication. Mr. Thurman, with his years of experience in engaging skeptical college students, takes a more anecdotal approach. He works to win the attention, and ultimately the heart, of his audience.
Demoniod
Monday, September 29, 2008
World Hindu Chants: Global Interpretations
World Hindu Chants: Global Interpretations
Hinduism, the world's oldest religion, has no beginning - it precedes recorded history and has no human founder. It is a mystical philosophy, leading the devotee to personally experience the Truth within, finally reaching the pinnacle of consciousness where man and God are one. Commonly referred to as Sanatana Dharma, the eternal faith, Hinduism is based on the practice of Dharma, the code of life. Since Hinduism has no founder, anyone who practices Dharma can call himself a Hindu. Hindu philosophy promotes a fundamental belief - that the ancient scripture and mantras of the Vedas is Divining. These primordial hymns are God's word and the bedrock of Sanatana Dharma, the eternal religion that has neither beginning nor end.
This collection of mantras showcases the essence and universal nature of Hinduism that gives an insight into the humungous oceans of Vedic culture, its traditional language and the spirit of Hinduism. This is a truly global album that has the very core of Hinduism in the most quintessentially nature and will appeal to the eternal seeker of the ultimate 'Moksha' or Nirvana. Anyone claiming to be a follower of Hinduism with its unique form of chanting, Mantras and inner quest of salvation should not miss this one-of-its-kind interpretation of Hinduism.
Depositfiles
Nawang Khechog - Rhythms of Peace
Nawang Khechog - Rhythms of Peace
What Do the Himalayas Sound Like? Rhythms of Peace is an otherworldly masterpiece that uses soothing melodic textures to explore the inner stillness that is the essence of peace. An evocative meditation that suggests the vast spaces and sacred serenity of Khechog’s beloved Himalayas. With bamboo flute, didgeridoo, gongs, bells, and drums.
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Mandala Painter v3.0 Professional
Mandala Painter v3.0 Professional
Mandala Painter 3 is the only professional Mandala drawing program for Mandala artists, designers and for everyone who just likes creating kaleidoscopic images. Due to it's very simple yet powerful mirroring tools the drawing becomes entertaining and easy.
Mandala Painter's user interface was designed as simple as possible keeping it's creative aims. Creating such images was never easier before. www.mandalapainter.com
http://www.fulldls.com/torrent-app-1269794.html
The Diamond Sutras - Zen Master Hyon Gak Sunim
The Diamond Sutras - Zen Master Hyon Gak Sunim
Venerable Hyon Gak Sunim was born Paul Muenzen in 1964 to a family of devout Catholics in New Jersey, U.S.A. His mother is a PhD in biochemistry, and his father was an executive at a prominent American computer company, and later founded his own company. He has eight brothers and sisters. He is currently the Head Teacher of the Zen hall at 500 year-old Hwa Gye Sah Temple in the Sam Gak Sahn Mountain range, outside Seoul, South Korea. In August 2001, he received inka, certifying his enlightenment, by Zen Master Seung Sahn the 78th Patriarch in a lineage stretching back to Shakyamuni Buddha.
Educated in philosophy and literature at Yale University (Class of 1987) and comparative religions at Harvard Divinity School ('92), Ven. Hyon Gak Sunim was ordained in 1992 in the temple of the Sixth Patriarch, Nam Hwa Sah Temple on Chogye Mountain in Guangzhou , People's Republic of China: he was the first Westerner to be ordained in China since the Communist Revolution. (The name he received from Zen Master Seung Sahn, "Hyon Gak," means "endlessly profound enlightenment.") He received Bikkhu precepts at the Diamond Altar of Tong Do Sah Temple in Korea, one of the most sacred sites in the nation, and has been doing training in various remote mountain places, including 3 intensive 100-day solo retreats and some 15 group 3-month intensive meditation retreats .
Presently, as the Head Teacher of the Seoul International Zen Center at Hwa Gye Sah Temple , he is Zen Master Seung Sahn's official representative at the Head Temple. He leads three-month intensive retreats twice annually, and is much in demand as a public speaker throughout Korea, Asia, and many parts of the West.
http://www.fulldls.com/torrent-ebooks-346467.html
Also Google Video has a enlightening Interview with Hyon Gak Sunim.
Chanting Breath by Breath - Monks and Nuns of Plum Village
Chanting Breath by Breath - Monks and Nuns of Plum Village In Plum Village, the practice of chanting in English is a flower, slowly blossoming. The chants and music on this CD are some of the first petals to open on this beautiful flower. Chanted by the resident community of Plum Village in 2002, these recordings include most of the chants contained in the Plum Village Chanting and Recitation Book, some live tracks from a monastic precepts ordination ceremony and a traditional incense offering chanted by Thich Nhat Hanh in Vietnamese.
Rapidshare
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Last Hippie Standing (2002)
Here's a fun film of the crazy times that can be had down in Goa, India. With a bit of wisdom as well.
Last Hippie Standing (2002)
Last Hippie Standing" is a video clip style portrait about the hippie generation. Thirty years ago, this was a movement which came to Goa to find something they couldn't find at home. Many returned, a few stayed. Goa, the hippie paradise of the 60's is our point where we start to search for "the last hippies". This former Portuguese colony in the south of India was for many the final destination after adventurous travels through Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dreamlike untouched beaches promised to be a new holy land, which was also the spritual basis for Alex Garland's novel "The Beach". After viewing historical Super8 material we started searching for the famous beaches and found a new youth culture which seemed to be similar to the old hippie culture.
Mininova
Google Video
Lama Chopa - A Buddhist Tantric Celebration
Lama Chopa - A Buddhist Tantric Celebration
Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery based in Atlanta recorded these sacred chants. These selections are clear and the studio quality is excellent. Although the Lama Chopa is a single piece, it is comprised of 14 sections. It begins with arousing the inner meditative mind of the performer and the invocation of the forces of goodness from the ten directions. It then goes on through the stages of worship and meditaion, and eventually concludes with a dedication to world peace.
This ritual was written by the First Panchen Lama.
TPB
Saturday, September 27, 2008
The Go Master (2006)
The Go Master (2006)The film chronicles Qingyuan's discovery as a child prodigy in China, his move to Japan and rise as a champion. Later, he marries the leader of a cult and finds himself being exploited by the group. When relations between Japan and China deteriorate into open war, Qingyuan stays in his adopted nation. Now in his 90s, he lives there to this day, teaching and writing about Go.
Avistaz
TPB
Friday, September 26, 2008
Tibetan Buddhist rites from the monasteries of Bhutan Vol 1 & 2
Big thanks to starinar for these great uploads, check out his super collection of world music.
Tibetan Buddhist rites from the monasteries of Bhutan Vol 1 & 2
Bhutan - closest neighbor and sole heir to the mighty civilization and traditions of Tibet. These are the extraordinary recordings of the temple rituals and sacred ceremonies of the monks of Bhutan.
Recorded in the great monasteries by John Levy, this four CD set represents possibly the most extensive and important recorded documents of Tibetan ceremonial music ever undertaken! Invited by the king of Bhutan, Levy was afforded every facility for recording monastic music in the principal dzongs (great fort-like monasteries) of the Nyingmapa Order. The ethereal Polytonal throat chanting, the long trumpets, shawms and percussion instruments, the processional music and spectacular mask dances, Tibetan and Bhutanese secular songs and poems, all reproduced with incredibly sonic fidelity! A truly remarkable collection, this series is complete with four compact discs with extensive liner notes, photographs, and musical illustrations by John Levy.
Volume One contains examples of tunes most enjoyed by the monks and nuns of the Drukpa Order, as well as the deep, ethereal monotone chants most associated with Tibetan Buddhism. Long trumpets, processional music, shawms and percussion instruments are all heard on this amazing disc. Includes ten pages of detailed original liner notes, photos and musical illustrations by John Levy.
TPB Vol 1
TPB Vol 2
Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts - Dhama Suna
Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts - Dhama Suna
Typically, Tibetan ritual music proceeds in long sheens of deeply keening vocals and percussion. The world-renowned Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts seeks, on this CD, to partition their music into smaller units, allowing a vantage point on various musical styles and moods. The chants are present, with their low-end stretches taking shape, exploring tonalities, and disappearing in a matter of minutes. Also present are bellowing horns, digging into similar low-end sacred music that takes ample, seamless time to take shape. Expressivity rather than strict meditational focus seems to be the point for much of these 70 minutes.
TPB
TIBET - The Ritual Orchestra and Chants
TIBET - The Ritual Orchestra and Chants
Extracts from music for three rituals were played in 1973 by the magnificent ensemble of shawms, trumpets and percussion of Khampagar Monastery. The recording opens with an invocation to Padmasambhava, who brought Buddhism to Tibet from India.
Then follow two rites associated with Mahakala, who removes
impediments to enlightenment. New notes by producer David
Lewiston are included. Quality: 128Kbps
TPB
Ritual Music and Chants of the Gelug Tradition
Ritual Music and Chants of the Gelug Tradition
The ritual music of the Tibetan monks of the Sera Jé Monastery is the leitmotif of this spiritual journey through Tibetan culture.
The CD presents some of the principal rituals and is a colorful pageant invoking a pantheon of wrathful and peaceful deities, guardians, spirits, and realized masters of their lineage.
Chanting, horns, drums and cymbals combine to create a profound meditative,esoteric experience. Quality: 128Kbps
Quality: 128Kbps
TPB
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Songs for Tibet -The Art of Peace
Songs for Tibet -The Art of Peace is a music album with contributions from number of musicians from throughout the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and South Africa. The artists include Sting, Rush, Suzanne Vega and Alanis Morissette. The album is an initiative to support Tibet, the promotion of peace, basic fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and religion and the current Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso. Songs for Tibet - The Art Of Peace is a project from the Art of Peace Foundation in Washington DC.
TPB
Dalai Lama - Advice on Dying
Dalai Lama - Advice on Dying
In this empowering and positive book the Dalai Lama presents teachings on preparing for our inevitable death which can greatly benefit our perspective on living.
This book is based on the First Panchen Lama`s poem that many Tibetans use to focus their daily reflections on dying which are incorporated into their spiritual practices - Wishes for Release from the Perilous Straits of the Intermediate State, Hero Releasing from Fright. The Dalai Lama gives an illuminating commentary on this work, enabling us to have a better understanding of the whole death process. The poem describes three levels of spiritual practice - for the most highly trained, the middling, and the least, and what to do at each stage.
"When death actually comes, if you are not used to this practice, it will be very difficult to succeed at any beneficial reflection. Therefore, now is the time to practice and prepare, while you are still happy and the circumstances of your life are in accord. Then, at the time of real need and pressure, there will be no worry. Therefore, it is necessary to become intimate with the practices related to dying. There is no substitute. There is no pill..." The Dalai Lama.
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How to Meditate taught by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
How to Meditate taught by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
How to Meditate taught by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche the Spiritual head of Shambhala International. This torrent contains only the "how to meditate" portion in the following DVD Turning the Mind Into an Ally.
With humor, clarity, and insight, Sakyong Mipham shows how to turn the mind towards the practice of meditation in everyday life. A talk on meditation, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS, March, 2003. Total running time: 97 minutes. Includes bonus 21-minute guided meditation and instruction.
Demonoid
BTJunkie
Zen: The Best of Alan Watts
Zen: The Best of Alan Watts
The 1960's guru of meditation techniques is captured here in a compendium of his greatest video moments, presenting his unique mastery of Zen and its power to explain the universe and man's place within it.
GoogleVideo
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Valley of Flowers (2006)
Valley of Flowers (2006)
Along the highest mountain passes of the Himalayas, tough, intrepid Jalan (Milind Soman) and his gang earn their living by stealing from unsuspecting travelers. Abiding by their own, unique codes of honor and dividing the spoils equally, all is routine until the arrival of the mystifying, beautiful Ushna (Mylene Jampanoi). Appearing mysteriously after the raid of a pilgrim caravan, Ushna adheres to Jalan, claiming to have seen him in her dreams, and refusing to leave his side. Sensing the unease of the rest of the men, Ushna offers to help them in their endeavors, under condition that they not ask why or how she is able to guide them to success. In the time that follows, Ushna leads the gang to tremendous exploits, gaining the respect of the men, and the admiration of Jalan, who begins to fall passionately in love with this mysterious woman. As their success increases, seemingly unstoppable, so the love between Jalan and Ushna mounts in intensity, until they seem to have entered a world of their own. No longer heeding of the world around them, Jalan and Ushna venture too far in their exploits, progressing from the theft of material objects to tampering with elements that should never be tampered with; stealing energy, luck and even the powers of levitation, the two cross over into the bounds of the supernatural. Word of the duo and their strange exploits reaches the shrewd, robust Yeti (Naseeruddin Shah), who takes after them with his three experienced bounty hunters. In the confusion of pursuit, Jalan and Ushna face a temporary separation, the shock of which drives each to desperation. Having lost luck, wealth and friends, the fated two are nevertheless fortuitously reunited. Their passion running higher than ever, they vow never to be separated again, even if this entails deceiving fate and cheating mortality. But life always reserves surprises.
Mininova
Open Secret - Wei Wu Wei
Open Secret - Wei Wu Wei
One of the best-loved of Wei Wu Wei's books, an early Western interpretation of Buddhism and Eastern spirituality.
Between the years 1958 and 1974, a series of books appeared that were attributed to a mysterious Wei Wu Wei, who joined Alan Watts, Paul Reps and other pioneers as one of the earliest and most profound interpretations of Buddhism. This new edition of Open Secret uses poetry, dialogues, and essays to address our illusions about our existence. It includes an extensive commentary on the Heart Sutra.
Rapidshare
Demonoid
Quiet Mind, Fearless Heart: The Taoist Path through Stress and Spirituality
Quiet Mind, Fearless Heart: The Taoist Path through Stress and Spirituality
An ancient Chinese proverb states that to bring peace into the world, one must first bring peace into one's heart. Quiet Mind, Fearless Heart combines the ageless wisdom of Taoism with the timeless insights of Joseph Campbell, showing readers how to harness the divine potential of the human spirit in order to bring peace to heart and soul. Offering an abundance of advice, exercises, meditations, and inspirational stories, this practical and motivational guide gives readers the skills and incentive they need to cope with stress, embrace spirituality, and bring balance into their lives.
Demonoid
Rapidshare
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Japon - Shômyô, Chant liturgique bouddhique, Secte Tendaï
Thanks to Ossi for pointing these out.Japon - Shômyô, Chant liturgique bouddhique, Secte Tendaï
A carefully abridged representation of a mandala ceremony is sung by monks of the Tendai sect, recorded in a French studio in 1978. The music, said to maintain traditions from the 12th century, is severe but serene, rather like Gregorian chant. It is sung mainly in unison but with some elegant polyphonic sections, including one where independent melodies are sung independently.
Rapidshare
Japon - Shomyo. Chant liturgique boudhique
Japon - Shomyo. Chant liturgique boudhique
Recorded at Maison de Radio-France on October 25, 1985 under the direction of Akira Tamba.
The present recording of shômyô (Buddhist liturgical chants) was made on the occasion of the 1,150th anniversary of the death of Kôbôdaishi (or Kûkai), the founder of the Shingon sect.
Rapidshare Part 1
Rapidshare Part 2
Tai Chi - The 24 Forms
Tai Chi - The 24 Forms
This video does an excellent job of presenting the 24 forms of this style of Tai Chi. Each form is demonstrated one at a time and at different angles to help the student learn each form. Great video for the beginner or a supplement for a present student of Tai Chi. I highly recommend this video.
BTJunkie
Monday, September 22, 2008
Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha -Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha is the iconic novel of the sixties beat author Herman Hesse. An absolute must read for both spiritual seekers and non-seekers.
Siddhartha's life takes him on a journey toward enlightenment. A fire with youthful idealism, the Brahmin joins a group of ascetics, fasting and living without possessions. Meeting Gotama the Buddha, he comes to feel this is not the right path, though he also declines joining the Buddha's followers. He reenters the world, hoping to learn of his own nature, but instead slips gradually into hedonism and materialism. Surfeited and disgusted, he flees from his possessions to become a ferryman's apprentice, learning what lessons he can from the river itself.
Like Hermann Hesse's other creations of struggling young men, Siddhartha has a good dose of European angst and stubborn individualism. His final epiphany challenges both the Buddhist and the Hindu ideals of enlightenment. Neither a practitioner nor a devotee, neither meditating nor reciting, Siddhartha comes to blend in with the world, resonating with the rhythms of nature, bending the reader's ear down to hear answers from the river.
Demonoid
Sunday, September 21, 2008
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama [SOUNDTRACK]
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama [SOUNDTRACK]
The experience of listening to the music on this soundtrack, by multi Grammy nominated pianist/composer Peter Kater, is best described as sublime. With guest appearances by chanting Tibetan monk and teacher Tulku Orgyen, Tibetan flutist Nawang Khechog, and Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai, the listener is beckoned to step off the plateau of worldly affairs into the realm of self-realization and divine grace. The Tibetan bowls, cello, piano, strings, chants and flutes add to the music’s sweet spiritual seduction and give the listener the sense that the questions, once so seemingly urgent and consuming, have already been answered and dissolved by beautiful strains of flowing harmony and musical bliss.
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Zen Music For Our Minds
Zen Music For Our Minds Not a lot of info for this album, mostly Ambient music mixed with some Traditional strings and flute, enjoy.
:: TRACKLIST ::
CD 1
01. Bamboo Garden - Toshiro (R.Deckard) Ever Publishing
02. Haiku - (R.Deckard) Ever Publishing
03. Kapok Tree - (R.Deckard) Ever Publishing
04. Moonlight Pine - (R.Deckard) Ever Publishing
05. Smile - (R.Deckard) Ever Publishing
06. Morning - (R.Deckard) Ever Publishing
07. Winter Sun - (R.Deckard) Ever Publishing
CD 2
01. Mumon Says - (G.Mondarini) Spyro Publishing
02. Washing The Bowl - (G.Mondarini) Spyro Publishing
03. Koan - (G.Mondarini) Spyro Publishing
04. The Stick - (G.Mondarini) Spyro Publishing
05. Cha No Yu - (G.Mondarini) Spyro Publishing
06. Beyond Ye & No - (G.Mondarini) Spyro Publishing
07. The Ink & The Brush - (G.Mondarini) Spyro Publishing
08. Snow - (G.Mondarini) Spyro Publishing
disc 1 - part 1 (64Mb) :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KLAUCNXN
disc 1 - part 2 (55Mb) :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XLDMYPEZ
disc 2 - part 1 (89Mb) :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MA1SHZJ9
disc 2 - part 2 (72Mb) :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YB7KZ3M4
Selwa - Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts
Selwa - Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts Over the past few years, the music of Tibetan monks has gained a massive audience, with Western listeners finding refuge from the rat race in the songs and chants of the East. Those same medicinal qualities are at the core of this breathtaking collaboration between veteran guitar wizard and ECM recording artist Steve Tibbetts and Choying Drolma, a Buddhist nun whom Tibbetts met and recorded at a monastery in Nepal.
The highly anticipated follow-up to their acclaimed first release, 1997’s Cho, Selwa is a beautiful sound tapestry of haunting songs that evoke a sense of peace that cuts through any language barrier. Tibbetts has one of the most recognizable guitar styles in the world and his subtle arrangements mixed with percussion from his long time collaborator Marc Anderson perfectly frame Drolma’s unforgettable voice.
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Zen Clues - Alan Watts
Zen Clues - Alan WattsThis dynamic tape follows Watts as he uncovers the secrets of Zen and solves some of life's essential mysteries. These engaging segments were drawn from several live performances by one of the most entertaining philosophers of our time. With his unusual wit and wisdom Watts shows how questions about the meaning of life and the identity of the true self are elegantly resolved in the way of Zen.
Demonoid
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Introduction to Meditation - Sogyal Rinpoche
Introduction to Meditation - Sogyal RinpocheThis is a two hour video in iPod format. The author of the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying explaines what meditation actually is - probably simpler than you thought it would be . A world-renowned Buddhist teacher from Tibet, Sogyal Rinpoche is also the author of the highly acclaimed The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.
Demonoid
Insight Meditation - Sharon Salzberg & Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation - Sharon Salzberg & Joseph Goldstein
Sharon Salzberg has been a student of Buddhism since 1970, and has been leading meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. She teaches both intensive awareness practice (Vipassana or Insight Meditation) and the profound cultivation of lovingkindness and compassion (the Brahma-viharas). She is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and the Forest Refuge, a new project for long term meditation practice. Sharon is the author of LOVINGKINDNESS: THE REVOLUTIONARY ART OF HAPPINESS and A HEART AS WIDE AS THE WORLD, by Shambhala Publications; LOVINGKINDNESS MEDITATION (audio) by Sounds True; and coauthor with Joseph Goldstein of INSIGHT MEDITATION, AN IN-DEPTH CORRESPONDENCE COURSE, also from Sounds True. She recently edited VOICES OF INSIGHT, an anthology of writings by vipassana teachers in the West, published by Shambhala. Sharon is currently writing a book about the spiritual quality of Faith.
Joseph Goldstein is a senior teacher of Insight (Vipassana) and Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation. He studied with many leading Buddhist teachers in India, Burma, and Nepal and has led retreats worldwide since 1974. He is a cofounder and guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, The Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and The Forest Refuge, a new project for long term meditation practice. Joseph's books include THE EXPERIENCE OF INSIGHT; INSIGHT MEDITATION: THE PRACTICE OF FREEDOM; and SEEKING THE HEART OF WISDOM (with Jack Kornfield), published by Shambhala Publications. He is also coauthor with Sharon Salzberg of INSIGHT MEDITATION, AN IN-DEPTH CORRESPONDENCE COURSE (audio), published by Sounds True. Joseph is currently writing a new book, ONE DHARMA, on the integration of different Buddhist teachings and traditions.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
The Zen Teaching of Rinzai
The Zen Teaching of Rinzai (The Record of Rinzai) by Irmgard Schloegl
Rinzai was the founder of one of the Main Schools of Zen Buddhism. This record of his life, written by his disciple, is one of the main texts of Zen. It contains the teachings, episodes from his training, and from his teaching career. This is the first complete translation of this important Zen text into the English Language.
“The Record of Rinzai’s teachings, the Lin-Chi Lu (Japanese Rinzai Roku), shows a character of immense vitality and originality, lecturing his students in informal and often somewhat “racy” language. It is as if Rinzai were using the whole strength of his personality to force the student into immediate awakening. Again and again he berates them for not having enough faith in themselves, for letting their minds ‘gallop around’ in search of something which they have never lost, and which is ‘right before you at this very moment.’ Awakening for Rinzai seems primarily a matter of ‘nerve’— the courage to ‘let go’ without further delay in the unwavering faith that one’s neutral, spontaneous functioning is the Buddha mind. His approach to conceptual Buddhism, to the students’ obsession with stages to be reached and goals to be attained, is ruthlessly iconoclastic.”
-Alan Watts-
Short Cut to Nirvana
Short Cut to Nirvana
SHORT CUT TO NIRVANA is an award-winning documentary about the Kumbh Mela spiritual festival which takes place near Allahabad, India, every 12 years. The Kumbh Mela also happens to be the biggest gathering in history, attracting 70 million pilgrims! From this incredible event comes a powerful and uplifting message of harmony, unity and peace for all humanity. Yet almost no-one outside India has ever heard of the Kumbh Mela or its message. Until now...
Info and trailer:
http://melafilms.com/
Download:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 - rapidshare.com
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Mother Ganga
Mother Ganga is a stunningly beautiful documentary on India’s greatest river, the holy Ganges.
Join a spiritual journey that begins at Ganga Sagar on the Bay of Bengal where Ganga enters the sea, and ends 1600 miles later at Gomukh, high in the Himalayan Mountains where she appears. Along the way visit the holy sites of Mayapur where Lord Caitanya appeared, and Bodhgaya, Lord Buddha’s place of enlightenment. Witness the beautiful Ganga puja, worship performed to her golden waters at Benares, and the world’s largest fair, the Kumbha Mela at Prayag.
Witness the beautiful Ganga puja, worship performed to her golden waters at Benares, and the world’s largest fair, the Kumbha Mela at Prayag.
Be amazed by the austerities of mystic yogis in Rishikesh and finally ascend the towering peaks of the mighty Himalayas to discover Ganga’s mysterious source.
Throughout we hear timeless narratives from the ancient Vedas describing Ganga’s spiritual origin and the superhuman pastimes of India’s saints, demigods and heroes. State of the art special effects and animation artistically enhance the images giving us a glimpse into the transcendent nature of Ganga.
Ganga is a river inseparably bound to India’s culture and religion, a river worshiped by a billion people as a mother who sustains life and cleanses sins. Dive deeply; allow your heart to be carried away by the waters of Mother Ganga.
Btjunkie
Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series with Shri R. Sharath
Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series with Shri R. SharathSharath is described on the cover as “the foremost teacher of Ashtanga yoga today” and “the grandson of the founder of Ashtanga yoga, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois”. The production value of this film is very high - it was shot at Eddie Stern’s New York Shala, in a simple yet soothing space. The editing by Dominic Corigliano is flawless, with multiple cameras displayed only when necessary and smooth transitions between postures. The menu to navigate to a particular posture is intuitive and highly practical. Sharath did the voice over, counting vinyasas and calling out asanas. However, the real value of this DVD lies in the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the most advanced Ashtanga Yoga practitioner in the world practicing the Primary Series. I have practiced the Primary Series probably more than a thousand times, and have seen others, from beginners to 20-year senior teachers practice it countless times. And yet Sharath’s practice had a quality to it that I had not seen before. http://www.ashtangaproductions.combitsnoop
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