samsara

Step six: Placing positive values at the centre of our lives

When I reflect deeply on this step, I can see how unreliable my addictions are. In the end they bring…

July 6, 2015

You are the child of all beings

A well-known Buddhist teaching explains that all (or at least most) beings have, at one time or another in the…

April 23, 2015

Reflections on Samsara

If we believe that we are not responsible for our mental suffering then we are implying we are helpless. If…

April 1, 2013

Fourth reminder: The defects of samsara

Samsara Is an ocean of suffering, Unendurable, Unbearably intense. Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche So what is Samsara? Most of us…

March 4, 2013

Day 12 of Wildmind’s 100 Day Meditation Challenge

Almost everyone is going around making judgments all the time, about others -- and about themselves. It's hard to remember…

January 12, 2013

Samsara: the trailer

SAMSARA Theatrical Trailer from Baraka & Samsara on Vimeo. Ron Fricke's Samsara is showing in select theaters. By all reports…

September 3, 2012

‘Samsara’ filmmakers seek meditative flow

Pam Grady, SFGate: Twenty years after they made "Baraka," filmmakers Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson are back with "Samsara," with…

September 3, 2012

Meditating on our global interconnectedness: A conversation with Samsara filmmakers Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson

Alexandra Marie Daniels, The WIP: When I set aside my dance career, my fascination for movement in time and space…

August 28, 2012

Meditative stream of images in ‘Samsara’ raises questions

"Samsara," a dazzlingly beautiful documentary directed by Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, consists of a non-narrative stream of images shot…

August 25, 2012

“Not knowing how near the Truth is, people seek it far away”

Some years ago I noticed an odd thing; a lot of the Buddhists I knew (including myself) didn’t talk much…

June 17, 2012