The Planet's Sangha: Buddhist discussions, thought, etc.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Glenn

Cajun; If you really are serious about going deeper, you will have to learn how to stop the breath and heart rate. You must find an adequate teacher you can really trust, and there are'nt many in the USA I would trust with this. But I have found one of the best here, and his name is Brother Achalananda Vice President of Self Realization Fellowship (SRF)
Has anyone been able to activate the pineal gland to prduce DMT? (Dimenthyltrptamine) The only resource I have ever run into about this is Dr. Rick Strassman's stuff on the web.

Hi Glenn and thank you.

in my work, Reflexology we tap on the pineal gland (and much more) and i see the effects of doing so. i've never thought of doing that in Meditation but i would love to.

[girl_dee]

Ironically in my teaching certification program I was asked to set out goals, one of them was to learn to really meditate within the next year. Like take a real life course, not read books about it. Words without action are worthless!

and I prefer the real life experience

[sylvie]

Daddy and i visited Tashi Choling here in Oregon last week, on Mt Ashland.
It was so wonderful, touching, the energy and peace there is amazing.. Since visiting the Prayer Garden it has helped me so much on my spiritual journey. It has been so important to me to walk this spiritual path on my own.

In the beginning, i was unsure about my openness to accepting and embracing spirituality at all.. But i didn't want to base anything on anyone else's beliefs, and wanted to really discover what i had and felt within me. So this spiritual journey has been one that's been extremely emotional, warm and comforting, but haven't been sharing much with anyone.. It's felt very private.

Visiting Tashi Choling brought everything together for me, it was very thought provoking and peaceful and i so look forward to revisiting, the meditation and coming into my own with Buddhism.. i'm starting to share this journey now after much self exploration...

my early morning meditations set my day wonderfully...

[mariamma]

I haven't listened to this yet.
http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2012/07...ss-meditation/

[mariamma]

Live Webcasts: Shantideva's "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life

There will be live webcasts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama teachings on Shantideva's "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug)" at the request of a group of Southeast Asians at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, India, on September 4-6, 2012. There will be live webcasts in English, Chinese, Tibetan and Russian languages. The live webcasts can be viewed at http://dalailama.com/liveweb

For times in your region: 9:30am IST on September 4th in Dharamsala, India, is the same as 5:00am BST on September 4th in London, England; and 9:00pm PDT on September 3rd in Los Angeles, California, USA

[aishah]

Originally Posted by mariamma

Live Webcasts: Shantideva's "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life

There will be live webcasts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama teachings on Shantideva's "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (chodjug)" at the request of a group of Southeast Asians at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, India, on September 4-6, 2012. There will be live webcasts in English, Chinese, Tibetan and Russian languages. The live webcasts can be viewed at http://dalailama.com/liveweb

For times in your region: 9:30am IST on September 4th in Dharamsala, India, is the same as 5:00am BST on September 4th in London, England; and 9:00pm PDT on September 3rd in Los Angeles, California, USA

ooh, thanks for sharing this! i hope it gets recorded! i'll be asleep tonight during the broadcast.

i've been lurking in this thread for awhile and i thought i should pop in and say hi

i used to practically live at a tibetan buddhist temple when i was a teenager and i got really involved there. i still practice meditation now and read a lot but have felt disconnected from any kind of local group for awhile. i've enjoyed reading everyone's posts here.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by aishah

ooh, thanks for sharing this! i hope it gets recorded! i'll be asleep tonight during the broadcast.

i've been lurking in this thread for awhile and i thought i should pop in and say hi

i used to practically live at a tibetan buddhist temple when i was a teenager and i got really involved there. i still practice meditation now and read a lot but have felt disconnected from any kind of local group for awhile. i've enjoyed reading everyone's posts here.

Hi..

Just something about those temples, i know for me i felt a huge surge inside just spinning the prayer wheels.

i've always wanted to go inside a Monastery.

Nice to see you