Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche online (5/18)

Don't say you can't meditate. Everyone can meditate and be mindful. It's as simple as this...

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I wandered a long time before I understood.

In his approach to teaching meditation, Tibetan Buddhist teacher Mingyur Rinpoche integrates traditional Buddhist practice and philosophy with the current scientific understanding of the mind and mental health, making the practices of meditation relevant and accessible to students around the world.

Compassionate Maitreya Buddha

“Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart. It’s always with us. It always has been and always will be. When it arises in us, we’ve simply learned to see how strong and safe we really are.”

Join Minguyr Rinpoche for a guided meditation and talk on "Awareness and the Natural Arising of Compassion" followed by a 10-minute Q&A session.

Donations for this event are split between Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and InsightLA. Suggested donation: $35. (No one turned away for lack of funds). This class is donation-based; no one turned away for lack of funds.

Malaika Vaz in Nepal to meet Mingyur Rinpoche

You will be able to meditate.

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a Buddhist teacher, best-selling author, and the spiritual leader of the Tergar Sangha worldwide. He possesses a rare ability to present the ancient wisdom of Buddhist Tibet in a fresh, engaging manner. Rinpoche’s teachings weave together his own personal experiences (as a very anxious and inept meditator) with modern scientific research, relating both to the practice of meditation.

• Special Event with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoch
• Saturday, May 18, 2024 9:00-10:00 am (PT)
• ONLINE through Insight Los Angeles

• InsightLA; Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation) (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Establishing Mindfulness Sutra (podcast)

Ven. Analayo (learn.wisdompubs.org/podcast); Amber Larson (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly

Mindful golden buddhas, Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, Bangkok, Thailand (drhill/flickr)

 

This week on the Wisdom Podcast (9-21-16) we learn about Theravada Buddhism from one of its finest scholar-monks, Ven. Analayo.

He discusses the role of mindfulness in early Buddhist texts, specifically the Satipatthana Sutra, “The [Fourfold] Establishing or Setting Up of Mindfulness Discourse,” then explains some important etymological points regarding the word satipatthana (sati-upatthana):

1. mindfulness of body
2. mindfulness of feelings
3. mindfulness of mind
4. mindfulness of mind-objects.

Mindfulness means "bare awareness," presence

The venerable talks about how Pali became one of the early languages of Buddhism (and the only exclusively Buddhist language). He also provides some pointers for doing comparative study of the Satipatthana Sutra.

He reflects on how it is important to not reject certain Buddhist teachings just because they were not originally taught by the Buddha himself. Ven. Analayo then explains what the true meaning of the “direct path” to awakening (for years translated as “the one and only path” to enlightenment) means and how to understand the various types of mindfulness.

He also discusses the role that mindfulness plays in the path to liberation, the relationship between mindfulness practice and breathing practice, the continuity between the four establishments or satipatthanas, the importance of body contemplation practice, and much more. LISTEN NOW

TODAY: Thich Nhat Hanh in Los Angeles

TNHtour.org
"On the Road with Thich Nhat Hanh" from Max Pugh

The North America tour stops in Pasadena, the American Varanasi. Zen master "Thay" (Thich Nhat Hanh) will wow the devoted crowd with long pauses and few words. He continues his peace activism, engaged Buddhism, and efforts at establishing Buddhist mindfulness meditation communities in California and elsewhere, making him the second most popular Buddhist figure in the world, behind a famous Tibetan activist. His reputation is well deserved. He is the embodiment of the peace he advocates.

• Tickets for Los Angeles (Pasadena) event
• Thay in 5,000 seat Hometown Pasadena
  

CALIFORNIA EVENTS

September 3, 2011 :: Public Talk :: Pasadena, CA

September 4, 2011 :: Day of Mindfulness :: Deer Park Monastery

September 6 - 11, 2011 :: Mindfulness Retreat in English :: Deer Park Monastery

September 16 - 20, 2011 :: Mindfulness Retreat in Vietnamese :: Deer Park Monastery

September 25, 2011 :: Day of Mindfulness :: Deer Park Monastery More

Thich Nhat Hanh tours US (video)

TNHtour.org
"On the Road with Thich Nhat Hanh" from Max Pugh

Organizers are very happy to announce a 2011 North American Teaching Tour for Zen master "Thay" (Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh). His continuing peace activism and efforts at establishing Buddhist mindfulness meditation communities in France, California, Vietnam, and elsewhere have made him the second most popular Buddhist figure in the world, just behind a certain Lama. His reputation is well deserved, for he is an embodiment of the peace he advocates. Neither intellectual or dynamic as a speaker -- in our opinion -- he is nevertheless a powerful for of integrity and authenticity to behold. His devoted followers are themselves an amazing bunch of engaged Buddhists who make attendance at his events half the experience.

• Tickets for Los Angeles (Pasadena) event
  

CALIFORNIA EVENTS

September 3, 2011 :: Public Talk :: Pasadena, CA

September 4, 2011 :: Day of Mindfulness :: Deer Park Monastery

September 6 - 11, 2011 :: Mindfulness Retreat in English :: Deer Park Monastery

September 16 - 20, 2011 :: Mindfulness Retreat in Vietnamese :: Deer Park Monastery

September 25, 2011 :: Day of Mindfulness :: Deer Park Monastery

MISSISSIPPI EVENTS

September 28 - October 2, 2011 :: Mindfulness Retreat :: Magnolia Grove Monastery

October 2, 2011 :: Day of Mindfulness :: Magnolia Grove Monastery

NEW YORK EVENTS

October 5 - 10, 2011 :: Mindfulness Retreat :: Blue Cliff Monastery

October 14, 2011 :: Public Talk :: New York City, NY

October 15, 2011 :: Day of Mindfulness :: New York City, NY

October 16, 2011 :: Day of Mindfulness :: Blue Cliff Monastery

WASHINGTON DC EVENTS

October 25, 2011 :: Public Talk :: Washington DC

Mindfulness & Stress Reduction (Kabat-Zinn)

Jon Kabat-Zinn describes the revolution in Western medicine. It has occurred over the past 30 years as science integrates mind and body to develop a remarkable range of practices for integration.

This means integrating one's experience, reducing stress, healing the body, more effectively coping with emotions such as anxiety, anger, and depression, and cultivating greater well-being and happiness.

His own work has been instrumental in bringing Buddhist meditative practices -- as he likes to say, "without the Buddhism" -- to full acceptance within mainstream medicine, psychology, and healthcare. He has shown them to be effective for people suffering from a wide range of medical conditions.

Jon Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness at Google