buddhism

I find this meditation technique given by Pema Chödrön useful: "Shamatha-vipashyana meditation In shamatha-vipashyana meditation, we sit upright with legs crossed and eyes open, hands resting on our thighs. Then we simply become aware of our breath as it goes out. It requires precision to be...

On how natural selection is at odds with the Buddhist notion that pleasure is fleeting This was in the Buddha's first sermon after his enlightenment is that a big source of our suffering is that we crave things, we want things, but then the gratification tends not to last. So we find ourselves...