Wildmind's meditation blog
Wildmind's blogs are where you'll find book reviews, commentary, podcasts, and articles that don't fit neatly into the more structured guides to meditation that you'll find on the main part of the site. Articles are arranged below by date, and you can also browse by author and category using the links on the left.
The Dhamma Brothers
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Yes!: East meets West in the Deep South. An overcrowded maximum-security prison—the end of the line in Alabama’s correctional system—is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program. Behind high security towers and a double row of barbed wire and electrical fence dwells a host of convicts who will never see the light of day. But for some of these men, a spark is ignited when it becomes the first maximum-security prison in North America to hold an … Click to read more »
Meditation zeitgeist, October 31, 2008
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
Intentional chocolate
Making the mind behave
Driving meditation
Mindful mama essay contest
Metta for your job interview
Blaise Pascal: “All of man’s misfortune comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to sit quietly in a room”
Everyone is prey to distractedness, to seeing solace in activity as an escape from experiencing ourselves. In fact this is one of the major obstacles to a meaningful life. Bodhipaksa argues, however, that the force underlying our distractedness is a creative one, and that properly channeled it can take us all the way to enlightenment.
I’ve always been fond of this saying from Pascal’s Pensées, which reminds me that not being at peace with … Click to read more »
Meditation zeitgeist, August 19, 2008
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
A 10-Day Goenka Meditation Course
Meditation on cleaning the house
Meditation zeitgeist, August 15, 2008
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
Meditation Retreat for Law Professionals and Students
Purpose, Intention, Method, and Review in Meditation Sessions
Meditation zeitgeist, June 7, 2008
A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.
Vipassana & Other Meditation Techniques
Meditation Video from The Mayo Clinic
Mindfulness, MediTation and Mediation
Freedom in prison
The New York Times: The teachings of the Buddha infiltrate a maximum-security prison in “The Dhamma Brothers,” a thinking-head documentary about finding answers within for those who can’t get out.
Visit the film’s web site and view a trailer here.
Filmed in 2002 at the Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Ala., one of the most violent prisons in North America, this provocative film follows a small group of inmates through … Click to read more »
Journey to enlightenment
Yuma Sun: It took one book about meditation to put Jean Myers on the road to enlightenment - and now she wants other Yumans to join her on her journey. Read more
Take a breather on the tube (Guardian, UK)
The Guardian, Saturday July 10 2004
When I put my ticket into the barrier at the station what I am sometimes reminded of is one of the most famous collections of Zen koans - the “gateless gate” of Wu-men Huik’ai, the 13th-century Chinese meditation master. We feel that there is a gate that “separates” us from enlightenment, but once we pass through it - should we be lucky enough - we turn around and realise that the gate was never … Click to read more »