vipassana

Meditation rescued me from misanthropy

The atheist is an embattled soul. If we think of those proud to proselytise their atheism today - Christopher Hitchens,…

July 6, 2010

Interview with SN Goenka

SN Goenka is the leading teacher of vipassana, a popular Buddhist meditation technique. He was born in Burma to Indian…

July 5, 2010

Take a journey of noble silence

Buddha taught Vipassana for free to all who cared to practise it 2,500 years ago. Today, the Alberta Vipassana Foundation…

June 20, 2010

Teacher who helped shape American Buddhism is still on a quest

Jack Kornfield says 'we're teaching meditation not as a religious activity but as a support for living a wise and…

May 30, 2010

Free your mind

Unable to cope with the mounting pressures of work, relationships and society, the urban youth is embracing the idea of…

May 23, 2010

Self-centred Buddhism

Mark Vernon: Guardian Western Buddhism can be a serious business. If you travel to Newton Abbot in Devon, and then…

January 17, 2010

“Self, meditating,” by Robert Wright

New York Times: This Friday I’m heading up to rural Massachusetts in hopes of getting born again — again. Six…

August 20, 2009

The centrality of impermanence

If there is just one thing you should learn about this world, anicca is it. It may be an exaggeration…

March 30, 2009

Opening to insight

Fundamentally, we don't know anything about anything. How then can we even begin to cultivate insight into how things really…

March 19, 2009

Research: Naming negative emotions makes them weaker

Wired Magazine reports on research that's of relevance to meditators -- especially those that use the vipassana technique of "noting,"…

February 16, 2009