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By brian@brianschell.com, on February 13th, 2024%
A reader recently wrote:
Hi Brian,
Glad to see the blog posts are back up. I’m eagerly awaiting new podcasts. Wished your book was an audio book.
I’m emailing today to ask: how do you raise my 5 year old buddhist? I think he’ll benefit tremendously from meditation and his mind hasn’t been packed with my family’s Catholic tradition. . . . → Read More: Raising Buddhist Children
By brian@brianschell.com, on February 13th, 2024%
By brian@brianschell.com, on February 13th, 2024%
Hey guys, just q quick note to let you know the new book is out. If you enjoyed “The Five-Minute Buddhist,” then this one takes up right where the other left off. If you noted that the first book didn’t get into meditation too heavily, it’s because I thought the subject was a little too big . . . → Read More: The Five-Minute Buddhist Meditates: Getting Started in Meditation the Simple Way
By brian@brianschell.com, on February 13th, 2024%
A Reader Wrote:
Over the last week or so, I’ve been listening to the Daily Buddhism podcase. I started with 0, and now I’ve made it to 23. The Four Noble Truths, 8-fold Path and 5-Precepts helped me tremendously to determine what is basic.
This morning, I reached out to a local Buddhist community . . . → Read More: Local Buddhist Groups & Sangha
By brian@brianschell.com, on February 13th, 2024%
A reader writes:
Hello I’m a fellow Buddhist, I do have a temper and stress problem and always have and have tried to work on it. I have suffered from anxiety since young adulthood, but recently after giving birth to my son have been affected with what doctors think is stress induced IBS. It . . . → Read More: When Meditation Isn’t Enough
By brian@brianschell.com, on February 13th, 2024%
Book: Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With
By Gaylon Ferguson
Shambhala Publications, 204 pages, to be released April 14, 2009
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590306570/?tag=askdrarca-20
The beginning of this book explains that we are born “Awake” but quickly get mired down in the daily day-to-day work of living. This is just the way things work in the world. But, . . . → Read More: Book: Natural wakefulness Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With
By brian@brianschell.com, on February 13th, 2024%
Phoned in question:
In Buddhism you are supposed to avoid clinging. I want to meditate right now, but I have work to do. Is it better to meditate now and let the work go, or do the work and let meditation slide for now? Is wanting to meditate instead of working a form of clinging?
Answer:
I would . . . → Read More: Just Sitting or Just Goofing Off?
By brian@brianschell.com, on February 13th, 2024%
Question:
Should meditations or chanting be on a daily schedule?…. like the way muslims pray in the morning/evening for example.
Answer:
Not technically like Muslims, no. Muslims have to pray five times a day at very specific times. Buddhists can meditate or chant at any time, there is no rule about when to do it. Monks . . . → Read More: Chanting and Prayer on Schedule?
By brian@brianschell.com, on February 13th, 2024%
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Question:
I wonder if you can give me a pointer for following the path. My understanding is that we should be in the here and now as much as we can yet as a teacher I have to be aware of what I’ve taught so I can plan what . . . → Read More: Being in the Present. Be Here Now.
By brian@brianschell.com, on February 13th, 2024%
Review: Seeds of Kindness Beads
By: http://www.seedsofkindness.biz
“May you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be peaceful, may you be safe.”
A couple of months ago, I reviewed the book “The Gift of Loving Kindness.” In the introduction of the book, one of the authors mentions that she sells beads. When I contacted her for more information, . . . → Read More: Review: Seeds of Kindness Beads
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