Tag: mindfulness
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What Is Vipassana?
What is Vipassana, and how does it compare with the Yogas? This piece situates Vipassana within Buddhism as an insight discipline—training observation and equanimity—then contrasts it with Raja (concentration), Bhakti (devotion), Karma (action), and Jnana (inquiry). It outlines method, aims, and practical benefits, notes where Hatha/Tantra support practice, and offers beginner pointers without giving away…
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Thoreau, Bhagvad Gītā, and Jung : On Solitude
Overview In July 1845, Henry David Thoreau walked into the woods with a borrowed axe and a stubborn idea that if he simplified his life to the bone, he might hear what a human life is actually saying. On the edge of Walden Pond, a mile or so from Concord, he built a one-room cabin,…